with hemophilia bleed for a longer time than others after an injury. Hemophilia commonly is of two types –A and B (uncommon is haemophilia C). There are various clotting factors in blood which are required for clotting of blood in the event of an injury. Deficiency of certain clotting factors can impair the clotting mechanism and increase the bleeding time. Hemophilia A is deficiency of clotting Factor VIII in blood. Hemophilia B is deficiency ofclotting factor IX in blood. Both haemophilia A and B are X linked recessive disease. The incidence of haemophilia A is 1:5000 males and that of haemophilia B is 1:25000 males making haemophilia A much more common that hemohilia B. They affect all races equally. Since haemophilia…
Hemophilia is a medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced causing the sufferer to bleed severely from even a slight injury. There are four types of Hemophilia which are Hemophilia A-Also called classic hemophilia, it is four times more common than Hemophilia B, and it occurs when factor VIII levels are deficient, Hemophilia B-Also called christmas disease, it occurs when factor Xi levels are deficient, Hemophilia C-It occurs when facts of XI levels are…
after an injury or they can experience spontaneous bleeding into the joints and muscle depending on the severity. There ae three types of hemophilia, Hemophilia A, B, and C. Hemophilia A and B are the most common types. In the past hemophilia affected life expectancy but currently with improved treatment, individuals with hemophilia will have a normal life span. . There are several harmful effects on the body because of hemophilia. Bleeding can occur in muscles and can cause limbs to swell which…
factors is altered. A spontaneous genetic mutation can happen in a person with no family history of the disease. These instances account for about thirty percent of all hemophilia cases (Hemophilia Federation of America 2014). There are several different types of hemophilia. Hemophilia A is an X-linked genetic disorder that is usually found in males. Individuals with this type have very low levels of or are completely lacking clotting Factor VIII (Jacquemin et al. 2000). Hemophilia B is also…
Born in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana, Ryan White was the little baby of Hubert and Wayne White. After being circumcised, the bleeding would not stop and after 3 days old, he was diagnosed with severe hemophilia A. He received a weekly infusion of Factor VIII (a blood product created from pooled plasma of non-hemophiliacs (Brannon, n.d.)), it is a common treatment for hemophiliacs at that time. He became extremely ill with pneumonia in December of 1984 even if he was healthy…
putting pressure on the surrounding tissue and causing pain, swelling, and loss of function. (galegroup.com) Many hemophiliacs become crippled from repeated bleeding into joints. Some people believe that hemophiliacs can bleed to death from even a small external cut. However, such deaths do not occur because there is enough bleeding factor in their system to halt bleeding from the skin. (galegroup.com) Currently people are tested, because there are physical characteristics, as well as procedures…
Hemophilia A and B is a bleeding disorders, congenital where the adults and children can have blood clot inherited condition. Children with hemophilia condition, have a bleeding problem and do not stop bleeding as quick as other children. For people who does not have hemophilia, a little, small cut its not a such big problem but, people who suffers from hemophilia, this little cut is deep bleeding inside their body. Especially it affects their knees, ankle, and elbows. In many occasion people…
Introduction Originating from the Greek words ‘haima’, meaning blood, and ‘philia’, meaning friend, hemophilia is a medical condition in which the individual lacks a certain clotting factor which prevents bleeding as a result of injury. In order of rarity from most to least, it features type A, B and C hemophilia and various severity levels. Type A hemophilia consists of 90% of cases, in which the individual lacks clotting factor VIII and 70% of patients have a severe level of hemophilia.…
Hemophilia Hemophilia is a rare hereditary bleeding disorder where the blood cannot clot normally at the site of a wound or injury. Where someone who has a minor cut can profusely bleed, and it can get so bad that it could end up making them sick. There are two types of hemophilia, Type A and Type B. Type A: Is the most common type, it is caused by lacking Factor VII, which is one of the proteins to help blood form clots. Type B is caused by lacking Factor IX. Hemophilia is normally diagnosed…
Hemophilia is a genetic disease that causes an affected person to severely bleed if cut. Lucky for hemophilia patients, gene therapy is an option. Gene therapy is a form of therapy during which selected healthy genes are transferred to an affected person’s cells. Not only is gene therapy a breakthrough in genetic engineering, but it can effectively cure genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and SCID and some acquired diseases like cancer. Gene therapy is carried out by packing a section of…