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What is hemophilia the disease? |
i need more info isn't that where your body doesn't produce enough platelets to clog a bleeding cut? A: Hemophilia is a rare disorder in which a person's blood does not clot properly because the body does not produce enough of, or is missing, the blood clotting proteins, Factor VIII or Factor IX. The body depends on these clotting factors to stop bleeding after injury and to promote healing. When a person with hemophilia gets a cut or bleeds internally, he bleeds longer than someone without hemophilia. Internal bleeding is usually into joints and muscles, but can also occur in the brain or other organs. Its a blood clotting disorder. The blood has no clotting factor which has to be suplimented by daily shots. it's where your blood doesn't clot and if you get a bad cut you can bleed to death. It is a disease that only males can have. It's a disease where the blood does not clot and a person can bleed to death if they get cut, and they will need to go to the hospital immediately. It is a disease where the blood doesn't clot correctly or at all. For a more detailed explanation go here: only males can get it. it is a desies where your blood is too thin due to low platlets that help your blood thicken and clot Hemophilia is a rare inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. The tend to bleed more offten and more eaisely than others and offen can be more dangerous, There also maybe some interal bleeding. Hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder in which it takes a long time for the blood to clot and abnormal bleeding occurs. This disease affects mostly males. Diseases in this category include: It is not true that only males can have this condition. It is rare for females to carry this disease because it is carried on the X chromosome. Males are XY, and females are XX. In a female, both X chromosomes would have to have the trait in order for the female to aquire it. |
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Yes, it is. It is a sex-linked disease. The disease is carried on an X chromosome, and generally occurs in males. That sounds contradictory, so I'll try to explain. A male has one X an... There are special clotting factors for it, depending on the type, but the one's I've heard of are called Humate P and Alphanate. There used to be one called Cryoprecipitate but it was tak... My older sister has Hemophilia and turned 56 in July. I've known many with this disease of the blood but never heard they couldn't live as long as everyone else, only that they have to ta... the sex chromosome ...Can't tell. Both males may derive from a single female carrier. Conversely, there may be many female carriers who have not reproduced or who have not transmitted the disease. ...You can have various functionality of the gene, which is how mild, moderate and severe hemophilia are teased out. But overall, they are pretty bad. Many carriers (women) have a clotting level betw... ... Wow, what an interesting question. I don't know ... you'd think people like that would be untreatable. I'm going to star your question ... because it deserves it and so I won'... |
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