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Hemo (or Heamo) = Blood
philia = flow
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoHemophilia literally means "love of blood," an allusion to the uncontrolled bleeding problem that is the essence of the disease.
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∙ 14y agothe word is spelt haemophylia and comes from the Greek meaning a discharge of blood, usually violent. It is a situation where the blood does not easily coagulate
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Why is hemophilia B called the Christmas disease?
It is named after the first patient who was described with the symptoms of Hemophilia type B, Stephen Christmas.
What is a disease in which the blood does not clot normally?
Hemophilia is one disease in which blood does not clot normally. von Willebrand's Disease
Can fish get hemophilia?
Yes - there are dogs with hemophilia. German Shepards in Europe with hemophilia can be traced back to one dog: Canto von der Wienerau. For more informationon hemophilia and dogs: http://mydogfluffy.com/faq.htm Mice with hemophilia are used to research hemophilia medication and a cure for hemophilia.
A woman with hemophilia and a man without hemophilia get married. What are the chances that their first child will have hemophilia?
There is no chance that the child will have hemophilia even if the spouse has hemophilia. Any girls the couple has will be carriers if the spouse has hemophilia.
What A woman with hemophilia and a men without hemophilia get married . what are the chances that their first child will have hemophilia?
50%
A hereditary bleeding disorder that results from lack of clotting factors?
Hemophilia, Sickle Cell anemia.
When did Abraham Lincoln get hemophilia?
It is actually not possible to 'get' hemophilia. Hemophilia is passed on from the mother (the carrier) to the son, not the daughter as it is rare for a girl. A boy has two chromosomes, an X and a Y, and girl has two X's. Hemophilia is inherited through the X chromosome, so a girl can carry hemophilia, but unless she inherits hemophilia on both of her chromosomes, she can't have the disease. REGARDING YOUR QUESTION, It is actually not confirmed whether Lincoln had hemophilia, people suspected some sort of genetic disorder, there were two suspected and hemophilia was one. People didn't know very much of the disease when Abraham was president. In fact is wasn't a named disease until 1828, and then hemophiliacs often didn't live pass the age of thirteen. With not much doctors could do to stop bleeding, and considering the age of Abraham its unlikely he had hemophilia.
Can anyone be a candidate for hemophilia?
Can anyone be a candidate for the hemophilia a
What is the nickname for hemophilia?
hemophilia B is also known as Christmas disease because Stephen Christmas was the first patient with the disease, and hemophilia A is just known as classic hemophilia.
What Woman with hemophilia and a man without hemophilia are expecting a baby boy. What are the chances that their son will also have hemophilia?
50%
What are the statistics of hemophilia in England?
50 million ppl have hemophilia
What is the effects of Hemophilia?
Hemophilia is when your blood clots slowly or not at all.
