Haemophilia A

It is used when a patient is suffering from severe blood loss; it can be from an accident or an operation done. Under most circumstances, anyone who is suffering from a deficiency of producing blood, bleeding disorders like thrombocytopenia or haemophilia or an illness that inflicts anemia; such as kidney disease or cancer would most certainly have to undergo blood transfusion due to the risk of it endangering their health. It is mostly utilised in situations in which patients are in severe or…

Source A shows a painting based on a terrible day in St. Petersburg January 9th, 1905. Analysing this painting, we can see the lined-up palace guards, many firing at the protestors while they collapse, and scramble for safety. Bloody Sunday started an attempted revolution for great change. This protest ended in a catastrophe and gained Nicholas II the name; ‘Bloody Nicholas’ due to his palace guards opening fire on the protestors upon confusion and chain reaction further impacting the lives of…

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is a stage in IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) where cells in the blastomeric stage are tested to determine whether there are any chromosomal abnormalities before implantation (Genetics and IVF Institute, 2013). It is used to check an embryo’s health. Cells are biopsied from an embryo created via IVF and are tested against a range of chromosomal and genetic diseases. With the assisted use of Karyomapping – a technique for analysing specific genetic disorders – a…

Society is hugely impacted by the poverty of its people. Throughout history, societies have attempted to fix or have ignored the pressing issue of poverty. However, it is this poverty that has destroyed governments, for individuals who feel helpless, will eventually rise up in protest. This is particularly evidenced in the monarchies of the 19th century. Such monarchies are disliked by the citizens within their country due to their inactivity and apathy. Every person contributes to…

Tsarina of Russia. Rasputin was a religious elder of the RUssian Orthodox Church who in the eyes of Lynch, a revisionist historian was a ‘’ fatal disease’’ inflicting damage to Tsarists regime. When doctors failed to cure the Tsarevich Alexei’s haemophilia, Tsarina Alexandra sought the aid of Rasputin in 1905. Rasputin appeared to tread Alexei due to his oft pragmatic advice and thus was invited into the royal entourage. Lated he claimed via a revelation that Russia’s armies in the First World…

choose a child's gender. Women are choosing the gender of their children for reasons such as genetic diseases, family balancing, or just wanting the choice. According to Sureau , " In the prevention of X-linked diseases, e.g. Duchenne myopathy, haemophilia, there are the following choices: (i) pre-natal diagnosis, followed by medical termination if the fetus is male or termination which is restricted to affected male fetuses; (ii) pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) with either rejection of…

of premedication with antibiotic cover for bacterial endocarditis prior to any invasive dental procedures (The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand Advisory Group, 2008). It is also important to know if there any bleeding tendencies such as haemophilia because, according to Anderson et al. (2013), management may include the need for clot factor replacement. In which case, some invasive procedures such as the extraction of abscessed teeth will need to be coordinated with the medical doctor…

This book tells the story of Damon Courtenay as he tries to overcome the adversities caused by haemophilia and Aids. After I finished this book, I was disappointed by the treatment people with HIV and Aids received, particularly by the men and women in the medical profession. I don't want to sound hypocritical and judge these people because personally, I don't know how I will react to such situation, particularly in the 1980’s where the knowledge of this disease was very low. I also believe…

the automatic doors slid open. Rhys was startled by the motion, stumbled backward and tripped over the edge of the path way. The falling sensation seemed to last forever, he knew all too well what happened if he grazed himself. As a boy with haemophilia, he was very cautious and always nervous. This made Rhys an outcast among most groups, except at the hospital in music class. But this all changed for Rhys when before he hit the ground, he was swept up and stood upright. It took Rhys a moment…

The cause of the fall of the Romanov Dynasty has been said to have many different causes by different people like Rasputin, Tsar Nicholas II and even fate has been blamed. The aim of this investigation is to find out to what extent Tsarina Alexandra can be held responsible for the fall of the Romanov dynasty. By doing this we need to dive into her life and find out the way she acted, lived and what she did and the reasons she did them. This investigation is not to say that the fall of the…