How can a person get hemophilia?

Answer 1

The majority of hemophilia cases are genetic and the individual is born with it. Approximately 1/3 of the cases of genetic hemophilia are spontaneous mutations in that person while the other 2/3 of cases inherit the mutation from their parents. Since the mutation is located on the X chromosome it traditionally has a larger impact on males (having only one X, they lack the secondary set of genes to offset that mutation).

Acquired hemophilia, while much more rare can be caused by various conditions. Since the clotting factor proteins are primarily produced in the liver, liver disease, liver damage, and even certain medications can slow or stop the production of these clotting factors and cause acquired hemophilia.

Answer 2

More or less, the answer is you can't.

Hemophilia is a genetic disease, not infectious. It is caused by a genetic defect on the X chromosome (I think) that prevents blood from clotting. Thus, even minor wounds, like paper cuts, are potentially deadly. Hemophilics must live a very cautionary life, because any breach to the skin could be fatal. Hemophilia, while not infectious, can be inherited from parent to son.

Women can carry hemophilia, meaning they have the defect but do not show symptoms. This is because they have two X chromosomes, and if one is deficient, the other will serve in its place. The only way you can get hemophilia is if a parent or other "direct" ancestor (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc.). So unless you can trace a direct ancestor to having hemophilia (or carrying it), you have nothing to worry about.

Haemophilus is not a STD.

Answer 3

Hemophilia is passed down from mother to son through your genes. It is extremely

rare for a woman to have hemophilia. It is necessary, though, for

a woman to be a carrier of the disorder for her son to acquire this

disorder. Females have two X chromosomes whereas males only

have one. When a boy is born, he takes one X chromosome from

his mother and one Y chromosome from his father. Therefore, he

can only get hemophilia through his mother.

Example One:

Mother(Carrier)+Father(Non-Affected)=50% chance of their son

acquiring the disorder and 50% chance of their daughter being a

carrier.

Example Two:

Mother(Non-Affected)+Father(Hemophiliac)=All sons will be

non-affected and all daughters will be carriers.

Answer 4

You get the hemophilia from your mother. When your mother is the carrier of the hemophilia gene, you get the same, if you are male. Half the females will be again the carrier of the hemophilia, when the mother is carrier. You do not get hemophilia from your father.

Answer 5

There are three ways in which a person can get hemophilia.

1) They can inherit hemophilia. It is a trait located on the X chromosome. (In most cases this would be life-long hemophilia starting at birth)

2) Hemophilia can result from a spontaneous mutation on the X chromosome that occurs at the time of conception. (In most cases this would be life-long hemophilia starting at birth)

3) Hemophilia can be acquired due to things such as liver damage and some medications. (This form does not become genetic and cannot be inherited.)

(There is a rare strain of genetic hemophilia that the person "outgrows". During puberty the hormone shifts actually cause the body to ramp up production of their missing factor proteins.)

Answer 6

The answer to this question is not as simple as it seems.

Under the classical understanding of hemophilia a female would have hemophilia if and only if she carried the trait on both of her X chromosomes. This could only happen if her father had hemophilia and her mother was a carrier. (While it is theoretically possible for the female to obtain the trait through random mutations as well, the odds of such a mutation taking place in a female that already has 1 mutation is very small.)

It is now much more recognized that the trait for hemophilia is not as recessive as it was once considered. This has caused a new light to be shed on the females carrying the genes for hemophilia. It is now known that females with the trait existing on only one X chromosome can show the signs and symptoms of hemophilia including bleeding into the joints due to low clotting factor levels. If the status of these individuals is elevated to hemophiliac from simple carriers (as many doctors already began diagnosing as such) then a female can inherit hemophilia from either parent.

Answer 7

Hemophiliac perdón bleed easy