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Hemophilia

Definition: Hemophilia is a genetic disorder passed from one generation to the next through the X (female) chromosome. It is a disease in which the blood does not clot normally, due to abnormalities in some blood proteins that cause clotting. Hemophilia. Hemophilia A.

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Hemophilia

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  1. Definition: Hemophilia is a genetic disorder passed from one generation to the next through the X (female) chromosome. It is a disease in which the blood does not clot normally, due to abnormalities in some blood proteins that cause clotting. Hemophilia

  2. Hemophilia A • Hemophilia A is caused from a small amount of plasma protein called the factor VIII which helps in the blood clotting process • The more deficiency the more worse the symptoms become for you

  3. Hemophilia B • Hemophilia B is caused from a small amount of plasma protein called the factor IX which also helps in the blood clotting process • It can be minor, moderate or very severe depending on the type of B

  4. Hemophilia (Punnett Square Form) The letter gene for hemophilia is: h It is an x-linked recessive gene

  5. Symptoms • For toddlers, bleeding usually ends up being caused from a fall and the bleeding may end up repeating if the fall disrupts a clot. • Blood in your urine is common with hemophilia • You can’t see bleeding into muscle tissue and joints if you have hemophilia. You’ll have pain and may see swelling.

  6. Other Symptoms… • Bleeding in a muscle usually ends up with trauma. Common places are the thigh, calf, and forearm. • An injury to your head or backbone normally causes the bleeding. Your injury may seem pretty minor. Adults are more prone to having intracranial bleeding without injury, accounting for nearly half of the time. 
Headache, nausea, vomiting, and seizure are things that often accompany bleeding into the brain.

  7. Self-Care at Home • Avoid aspirin and anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen because they may interfere with the clotting of blood. • if you have blood when you urinate, drink plenty of liquids to ensure that your hydrated. • Apply pressure to any place in which you are bleeding externally. 


  8. How Common Is Hemophilia? • When it comes to the 2 major types of hemophilia it occurs more commonly in males than in females. • Doctors say that Hemophilia A is the most common to happen • One in four thousand to one in five thousand males are born with hemophilia • Hemophilia B happens approximately one every twenty thousand newborn males

  9. Some Steps Happening Through Pictures

  10. Exams and Tests • Afamily history of having bleeding disorders help when diagnosing that you have hemophilia • If there was any bruising at childbirth or bleeding with circumcision can end up in a bad and very severe case of hemophilia • A minor case most likely won’t become evident until you’re an adult when you need surgery

  11. More to Exams… • There are blood tests that can be performed if you might suspect having hemophilia in any way • There are different forms of hemophilia and test results will be low depending on which type that you have • In both cases you activated partial thromboplastin time which is a measurement of clotting blood, will end up being prolonged

  12. Bibliography • Hemophilia Symptoms By: emedicinehealth Last visited January 18th, 2011 emedicine helath.com provides information on everyday emergencies and health problems. For each topic you have a variety of categories to learn from such as symptoms, testing, how it happens, exc. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/hemophilia/page3_em.htm • Genetic Makeup By: DNA science and tech No dates DNA Science and Tech provides basic information on hemophilia and other topics. Especially in Photos and charts. http://dnascienceandtech.tripod.com/hemophilia.htm • Hemophilia in Pictures By: World Federation of Hemophilia No Dates The World Federation of Hemophilia gives you a whole tour of hemophilia through cartoon like pictures showing the steps one by one. They give detailed description through illustration and some wording. http://www.wfh.org/HIP/1_1_2_HIP.htm • Hemophilia By: Genetics Home Reference Published January 17th, 2011 The Genetics Home Reference gives you a quick page of common questions you might have an answered in paragraph form. Though short, they thoroughly give helpful information. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hemophilia • Understanding Hemophilia--The Basics By: WebMD No Dates WebMD gives the whole run over of Hemophilia . The basics; the types and chances, what it is, recognizing it, exc. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-hemophilia-basics

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