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North Jersey Woman With Severe Facial Bleeding Disorder Seeks Groundbreaking Treatment In Italy North Jersey Woman With Severe Facial Bleeding Disorder Seeks Groundbreaking Treatment In Italy
North Jersey Woman With Severe Facial Bleeding Disorder Seeks Groundbreaking Treatment In Italy Support is quickly rising for a North Jersey woman with a rare facial bleeding condition as she seeks a groundbreaking series of experimental treatments in Italy. Ashley Mortensen, 28, was born with arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which causes her mouth, left eye, and nose to bleed profusely and without warning, a GoFundMe launched out of Paramus says. Her aggressive condition often causes her to lose consciousness as a result of low blood pressure, which then requires her to undergo emergency surgery and/or blood transfusions and is considered life-threatening. Mortensen has endured a …

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by Valerie Musson