Hard Dreamer Case Study

Hard dreamer age 25 male a case of frequent disruption to studies & parents under emotional & financial stress. As a kid “he cuts his small toe when he was one years old resulting in an unusual bleed,” (Ramchander, 2009). Then he starts “bleeding frequently from different sites like his gums, nose & ears,” (Ramchander, 2009). Three years later he bleeds from his forehead & hip after a fall, he experiences a major bleed in the urinary tract, & lastly his right knee is swollen making his movements a little difficult. At the age of 5 he starts to attend school and because of all his bleeding issues his frequent absence due to pain cost him his education. A major factor in his limitations at school were standing for long periods of time due to his swelling knee. Fast forward as a “grown up he feels guilty being at home every day, he is ashamed in asking money from his father because he physically can’t make it on his own,” (Ramchander, 2009). He is 54 and his income depends on his parents & he is not educated and feels shy approaching people for work. Hard dreamer age 25 diagnosed with Type A hemophilia with severity of less than 1 …show more content…
Just like in the cases previously presented the minor cases described bleeding from minor cuts, scrapes, brushing your teeth is all magnified 100 times more versus a regular individual. Hemophilia is a “rare bleeding disorder which means it’s an inherited disease, but also you can get it from another source described later. Hemophilia is defined by a “deficiency or absence of one of the 20 blood proteins that helps our blood clot” (Foundation, 2011). Individuals with hemophilia are unable to form blood clots when needed to stop bleeding. The major causes includes bleeding into the head, abdomen, kidneys, intestines and major joints that can be life or