O coñecemento dos procedementos hemostáticos datan polo menos da [[antiga Grecia]]; e son mencionados nos relatos da [[guerra de Troia]]. Os antigos gregos e romanos aplicaban estípticos vexetais e minerais nas feridas grandes ata a conquista de Exipto arredor do ano 332 a.C. polos gregos. Nesa época apareceron máis avences médicos baseados no proceso de [[momificación]], que aumentaron o coñecemento sobre a hemostase. Descubríronse moitas das arterias e veas do corpo e sabíase que taponándoas podía deterse a perda de sangue. Non obstante, ata a invención da imprenta moitos destes coñecementos non se espallaron por occidente.<ref name=weis>{{Cite journal|title=Wies, C. H. "The History of Hemostasis." Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 2|year=1929|pages=167–68|pmc=2606227}}</ref>
== Investigación ==
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There is currently a great deal of research being conducted on hemostasis. The most current research is based on genetic factors of hemostasis and how it can be altered to reduce the cause of [[genetic disorders]] that alter the natural process hemostasis.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rosen |first1=Elliot D. |last2=Xuei |first2=Xiaoling |last3=Suckow |first3=Mark |last4=Edenberg |first4=Howard |date=2006 |title=Searching for hemostatic modifier genes affecting the phenotype of mice with very low levels of FVII |journal=Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=131–134 |doi=10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.12.037}}</ref>
[[Von Willebrand disease]] is associated with a defect in the ability of the body to create the platelet plug and the fibrin mesh that ultimately stops the bleeding. New research is concluding that the von Willebrand disease is much more common in adolescence. This disease negatively hinders the natural process of Hemostasis causing excessive bleeding to be a concern in patients with this disease. There are complex treatments that can be done including a combination of therapies, [[estrogen]]-[[progesterone]] preparations, [[desmopressin]], and Von Willebrand factor concentrates. Current research is trying to find better ways to deal with this disease; however, much more research is needed in order to find out the effectiveness of the current treatments and if there are more operative ways to treat this disease.<ref name="mikhail">{{cite journal |last1=Mikhail |first1=Sameh |last2=Kouides |first2=Peter |date=December 2010 |title=von Willebrand Disease in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population |journal=Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology |volume=23 |issue=6 |pages=S3–S10 |doi=10.1016/j.jpag.2010.08.005}}</ref>
