Haemophilia

Haemophilia is an inherited condition
Haemophilia is rare. It affects approximately 1,600 Australians - mostly men. It is mainly a male disorder because the haemophilia gene is carried on the X chromosome.

Haemophilia
An expert describes the different types of haemophilia, a genetic condition that affects the blood's ability to clot. Ryan has severe haemophilia, and he and his mum describe how they have learned to manage the condition.

Haemophilia A
Classic haemophilia
Factor VIII deficiency
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What is Haemophilia A?
Haemophilia A involves a genetic defect causing abnormality of blood clotting. Normal blood contains a range of special proteins and chemicals that cause blood to clot quickly if blood vessels are damaged.

Haemophilia B
Hemophilia B is similar to Hemophilia A. Both are abnormality of blood coagulation. Hemophilia B is caused by the deficiency of Factor IX. It is also known as Christmas disease. It occurs in 1 in 100,000 male births.

1. Haemophilia A (classic haemophilia, factor VIII deficiency), an X linked disorder due to deficiency of coagulation factor VIII.
2. Haemophilia B (factor IX deficiency, Christmas disease), also X linked, due to deficiency of coagulation factor IX.

Haemophilia A and B
People with haemophilia experience bleeding into the tissues of the body after a trivial injury or sometimes spontaneously. The bleeding may occur into joints, muscles, abdomen or the brain.

Haemophilia
Haemophilia is a genetic blood condition in which an essential clotting factor is either partly or completely missing. This causes a person with haemophilia to bleed for longer than normal.

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Haemophilia
Haemophilia is several inherited diseases in which normal blood clotting is impaired. The sufferer experiences prolonged bleeding from the slightest wound, as well as painful internal bleeding without apparent cause.

Haemophilia is an inherited disorder associated with serious disorder of the blood clotting factors. Haemopholia has two forms. Haemophlia A and Haemophilia B. Haemophilia A is the most common form.

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It's also seen in haemophiliacs and people who have had blood transfusions or treatment with blood products before screening of donors, which 1991.

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Coagulation Defects see Haemophilia, von Willebrand disease and other Coagulation Defects
Coarctation of the Aorta see Heart Defects
Coats' disease
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Dose and response in haemophilia--optimization of factor replacement therapy. Br J Haematol 2004; 127:12.
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People with certain blood clotting problems such as haemophilia, who need to receive blood clotting factors, may have an increased risk of hepatitis A infection.

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project.

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See also: Bleeding, Symptom, Deficiency, Surgery, Cancer