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Group of hereditary disorders in which affected individuals fail to make enough of certain proteins needed to form blood clots.
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... Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows the clotting process. People with the condition often experience prolonged bleeding following injury or surgery and, in severe cases, spontaneous bleeding into joints and muscles. Hemophilia occurs more commonly in males than in females.
Types of this condition include hemophilia A (also known as classic hemophilia) and hemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease). The two types are caused by mutations in different genes. ...
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Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic ...
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Hemophilia Symptoms1-2 of 4 more...
Signs and symptoms
... Signs and symptoms of hemophilia may include: Many large or deep bruises Joint pain and swelling caused by internal bleeding Unexplained bleeding or bruising Blood in your urine or stool Prolonged ble...
Source: MayoClinic
Causes ... Three categories of blood proteins play a role in blood clotting: Procoagulant proteins. These proteins help form clots. Anticoagulant proteins. These proteins prevent formation of clots. Fibrinolytic...
Source: MayoClinic
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Complications
... Complications may occur from the disease or from the treatment for the disease: Deep internal bleeding. Hemophilia may cause deep-muscle bleeding. Swelling of a limb may press on nerves and lead to nu...
Source: MayoClinic
Treatment ... While there''s no cure for hemophilia, most people with the disease can lead fairly normal lives. Treatment of hemophilia varies depending on the severity of your condition: Mild hemophilia A. Treatme...
Source: MayoClinic
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Coping skills
... If you have hemophilia, wear a medical alert bracelet to let medical personnel know of your condition and the type of clotting factor that''s best for you in case of an emergency. These other tips can...
Source: MayoClinic
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Overview
... Hemophilia is a disorder of your blood-clotting system. Clotting is the process by which your blood changes from a liquid to a solid state in order to stop bleeding. The clotting process makes use of ...
Source: MayoClinic
New Recombinant Antihemophilic Factor Licensed ... FDA today licensed a new recombinant DNA-derived clotting factor to treat people with hemophilia A. This new antihemophilic human factor VIII product is the first one produced without using additives ...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Hemophilia Articles
- BLEEDING DISORDERS
... A bleeding disorder exists when it is hard for a person to stop bleeding. When a person bleeds, the blood clots, stopping the bleeding. The clotting process, also called coagulation, changes blood fro... - Genes and Disease: Hemophilia A
... Hemophilia A is a hereditary blood disorder, primarily affecting males, characterized by a deficiency of the blood clotting protein known as Factor VIII that results in abnormal bleeding. Babylonian J... - Hemophilia
... Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows the clotting process. People with the condition often experience prolonged bleeding following injury or surgery and, in severe cases, spontaneous bleeding ... - Hemophilia
... Hemophilia (heem-a-FILL-ee-ah) is a rare inherited bleeding disorder. The blood does not clot normally. Persons with hemophilia may bleed for a longer time following an injury or accident than others.... - New Recombinant Antihemophilic Factor Licensed
... FDA today licensed a new recombinant DNA-derived clotting factor to treat people with hemophilia A. This new antihemophilic human factor VIII product is the first one produced without using additives ...
Resources
- Bleeding Disorders (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Bleeding Disorders: Financial and Insurance Issues (National Hemophilia Foundation)
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