Hemophilia Research Paper

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Hemophilia is a genetic disease and most common in men. Hemophilia’s effect is that blood will not clot very well and causes a simple paper cut to bleed for hours. If you have a daughter and you have hemophilia there is a 50% chance of her being a carrier. If you have a son and you have hemophilia there is a 50% chance of having hemophilia. Giving birth to a kid with hemophilia still means you can have another. There is a treatment for hemophilia, but there is not a cure. The name of the treatment is FFP, fresh frozen plasma is used when there is low blood clotting factors. Factor VIII is what helps blood clot regularly so with the treatment causes an increase in that. The side effects of the treatment is a headache, stomach pain, and

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