Hemophilia is a disease where blood doesn't clot normally. Small cuts aren't as big of a risk as internal bleeding which can effect the persons organs, which can be life threatening. There is no known cure as of right now for hemophilia. Hemophilia is inherited but 30% of the people who are effected by hemophilia don't have any family history and they got it from a spontaneous gene mutation. There is three types of hemophilia, Hemophilia A and B are passed down typically from mother to son by the sex chromosomes. Whilst Hemophilia C can be passed down from either parent (can occur in girls and boys).
Signs and Symptoms:
unexplained excessive bleeding
many large bruises
pain, swelling and tightness of your joints
unexplained blood in your urine
nosebleeds from an unexplained cure
bruising extremely easily
more prone to blood infections
Testing:
can test on fetus before birth
can be caught typically before 8 months
almost always caught before the age of two
milder hemophilia can be caught after a surgery if there is excessive bleeding
Treatment:
no cure although there is stuff you can do to help
you can inject hormones to help with blood clotting
physical therapy
vaccinations
reflection:
Before this I knew nothing about hemophilia. I just wanted to know more about it because I was genuinely curious. It was interesting to find out that majority of people who have hemophilia have gotten from their mothers. 30% of people get it from genetic mutations. It crazy to see how bad and life threatening this could be.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hemophilia/basics/treatment/con-20029824
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