Hemophilia
A rare genetic disorder, hemophilia doesnt allow your blood to clot properly, making it hard for you to stop bleeding.
Almost always an inherited disorder, hemophilia is caused when you are missing or have low levels of substances that help bleeding to stop when a blood vessel is damaged. A DNA flaw causes these substances, called clotting factors, to operate abnormally.
Clotting replacement therapy is used to treat hemophilia, which can cause mild to severe bleeding. If hemophilia is left untreated, a simple cut can lead to major blood loss and complications from bleeding, such as injury to your organs. A fall can cause bleeding in the joints, or the disorder can cause you to bleed for no known reason.
If you are a woman, you can have a genetic test to determine if you are a carrier of the disease, which disproportionally affects males.
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- Q How do medications treat hemophilia?
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Hemophilia is caused by a lack of blood clotting factor. Rather than medication, manufactured clotting factor can be used to make up this deficiency. Regular infusions of this clotting factor can help prevent bleeding episodes. There are also two... Full Answer
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- Q Is hemophilia serious?
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Hemophilia is an inherited blood disorder that causes problems with blood clotting. If unmanaged, this disease can be fatal, and therefore should be taken very seriously. With proper care, most people can lead relatively normal lives, but the condition... Full Answer
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- Q Can people with hemophilia have children?
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Hemophilia is an inherited blood disorder that causes problems with blood clotting. The condition almost universally or always occurs in men, while women are carriers. Carriers are not affected by the condition, so women will not have to worry... Full Answer
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- Q How does hemophilia A affect the body?
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Hemophilia A causes the body to bleed for prolonged periods of time, because the blood does not clot as it should. People with hemophilia A may also experience excessive bruising or unexplained bleeding. Hemophilia A may also cause bleeding in the... Full Answer
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- Q Can hemophilia be prevented?
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Because hemophilia is inherited, it cannot be prevented. There is no cure. Doctors can diagnose hemophilia through a blood test, typically while your child is still a fetus. When this is done, measures can be taken to prevent bleeding, such as avoiding... Full Answer
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- Q How does hemophilia B affect the body?
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Hemophilia B causes the body to bleed for prolonged periods of time, because the blood does not clot as it should. People with hemophilia B may also experience excessive bruising or unexplained bleeding. Hemophilia B may also cause bleeding in the... Full Answer
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- Q Is there a cure for hemophilia C?
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Unfortunately, there is no cure for hemophilia C. Luckily, however, most people with mild hemophilia C can lead regular, uneventful lives. Those with severe hemophilia C may need blood transfusions after a traumatic bleeding injury, but are otherwise... Full Answer
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- Q What are the treatment options for hemophilia C?
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The most common type of treatment for hemophilia C is the infusion of healthy blood plasma. Other types of hemophilia can be treated with a concentrate of the missing blood clotting factor, but no such concentrate for factor XI (that which causes... Full Answer
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- Q What are the treatment options for hemophilia B?
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The most common type of treatment for hemophilia B is the replacement of the faulty clotting gene factor. People with hemophilia B may receive an injection of factor IX to facilitate clotting. People with severe hemophilia B may receive this treatment as... Full Answer
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- Q How common is hemophilia B?
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There are several different types of hemophilia, and hemophilia B is one of the less common types. The majority of people with hemophilia B are men. Hemophilia B affects 1 in 20,000 - 34,500 men worldwide. Full Answer
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