There are two types of Hemophilia, A and B. Both are caused by deficiencies in the amount of clotting factor in the blood (VIII or IX). When the blood does not have enough of one of these or is missing one clotting factor, the bleeding may end very slowly or may not stop at all. The two types of Hemophilia are linked together by their similar clinical pictures and their similar inheritance patterns. The most dangerous part about having Hemophilia is internal bleeding. If internal bleeding is left
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Hemophilia SUMMARY Figure 1: Coagulation factor VIII Figure 1: Coagulation factor VIII Over 400,000 people around the world suffer from hemophilia and about 300,000 individuals have little to no treatment on their disorder. Vaccines and drugs are costly to produces and to administer to the affected individuals so more cost-effective therapies are required. There have been tests on gene transfer but these tests show no results to form a stable version of factor VIII or IX. More testing and clinical
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Hemophilia is one of the diseases that are caused by genetics. It is an inherited disease which contains bleeding disorders. The disease is received from mother to son. This is a disease where blood does not clot normally. People who suffer from hemophilia tend to have abnormal and uncontrollable bleeding. There are two types of hemophilia: hemophilia A and hemophilia B. Hemophilia A is resulted from the absence of coagulation factor VII whereas hemophilia B is resulted due to a deficiency of coagulation
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INTRODUCTION According to “Rosdahl, C.B., & Kowalski, M.T. Textbook of Basic Nursing, 10th ed., Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, Chapter 72: Care of the Infant, Toddler, or Preschooler, p. 1155-1156”, Hemophilia is a rare gender linked hereditary bleeding disorder. It is more common in males than females. Males become symptomatic from this disorder because females are the carriers of the gene but very rarely symptomatic. It is caused by an insufficient clotting
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Hemophilia A, also known as classic or deficiency hemophilia, is a genetic disorder in which a VIII factor, a clotting protein, is missing or defective. Meaning a person’s blood is not able of clotting normally. This incapacity of blood clotting can occur internally and externally. When bleeding internally, the part in which your are bleeding swells up and the skin turns red or purple, depending on how severe it is. It normally occurs in the joints such as in the knees, elbows, ankles, which
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Hemophilia is an uncommon draining issue in which the blood doesn't clump typically. On the off chance that you have hemophilia, you may seep for a more drawn out time than others after a damage. You likewise may seep inside your body (inside), particularly in your knees, lower legs, and elbows. This draining can harm your organs and tissues and may be life threatening. Hemophilia typically is inherited. "Inherited" implies that the issue is gone from parents to children through genes. Individuals
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Hemophilia is a genetic blood disease, which is characterized by the inability of blood to clot, or coagulate even from minor injuries. This disease is caused by an insufficiency of certain blood proteins, called factors, that participate in blood clotting and often by sudden gene mutation. Therefore, with the absence of factors, the blood clotting process is prolonged. There are different types of hemophilia, hemophilia A and hemophilia B for example. Hemophilia A , the most common form is caused
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What is hemophilia? Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder where your blood doesn’t clot normally, which is also hereditary. Hemophilia occurs because certain clotting factors are missing from the blood or they simply do not work. This disorder can cause bleeding for a long time from a simple cut or wound. Spontaneous internal bleeding also can occur in the joints and in the muscles. Hemophilia mostly affects males more than females, this is not to say that it is not seen or uncommon in of females
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AP Biology Period 4 Genetic Disorder: Hemophilia A Hemophilia A, or “The Royal Disease,” literally means “love of bleeding.” It is the most common type of hemophilia. People with hemophilia A bleed extensively after injuries due to a missing or defective clotting protein, factor VIII. Two-thirds of hemophiliacs inherit hemophilia from their parents, while the remaining one-third obtain it from a spontaneous mutation during embryonic development. Hemophilia has been recognized since ancient times
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Dr.Sanjay Mishra-Chief Dietitian Hemophilia: Causes, Symptoms and Risk Factors Hemophilia is a genetic disorder where protein factors that help blood clot are missing, or not fully functional. Those with hemophilia experience prolonged bleeding following injury, surgery or even minor trauma. Severe forms of the disease may cause spontaneous bleeding in the absence of any trauma to the body. Bleeding internally into the joints, brain or other organs can lead to serious complications when left untreated
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