Von Willebrand disease is a lifelong genetic bleeding disorder that people are born with, though symptoms may not appear until later in life.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Hemophilia Federation of America; consistent across multiple authoritative medical sources.
Sources
- Random Bruising: 13 Possible Causes Excluding Obvious Injury (healthline.com)
- https://www.cdc.gov/von-willebrand/about/how-vwd-is-inherited.html (cdc.gov)
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/von-willebrand-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20354978 (mayoclinic.org)
- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17709-von-willebrand-disease (my.clevelandclinic.org)
- https://www.hemophiliafed.org/dateline-ask-the-cdc-whats-von-willebrand-disease/ (hemophiliafed.org)