“How common is thrombophilia in children?”

Thrombophiia in children is unusual, about 15 per 100,000. It is usually caused by an injury or an inherited disease.

Thrombophilia in children is an extremely rare condition. Generally it is diagnosed after a child develops a blood clot. There are multiple genetic syndromes associated with this illness and one must be aware that siblings or other relatives can also be affected. The treatment recommendations depend on the diagnosis and are not universal across all illnesses. My suggestion to a parent or relative of a child affected by thrombophilia is that the patient be evaluated by a physician who is a pediatric hematologist, so appropriate testing can be done and appropriate diagnosis can be made. My suggestion would be to take the advice of the expert pediatric hematologist regarding treatment.