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Can people with hemophilia live on their own?
Yes of course, people with hemophilia live with it there whole lives so they learn to be very cautious.
What kinds of people have more of a chance of getting hemophilia?
Hemophilia is a genetic disease, therefore people who have ancestors who were hemophiliacs have a greater chance of getting it.
What is an inherited abnormality that causes a deficiency of a specific clotting factor resulting in a reduced ablitity to clot blood?
Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows down the blood clotting process. People who have hemophilia often have longer bleeding after an injury or surgery. People who have severe hemophilia have spontaneous bleeding into the joints and muscles. Hemophilia occurs more commonly in males than in females.The two most common types of hemophilia are hemophilia A (also known as classic hemophilia) and hemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease). People who have hemophilia A have low levels of a blood clotting factor called factor eight (FVIII). People who have hemophilia B have low levels of factor nine (FIX).The two types of hemophilia are caused by permanent gene changes (mutations) in different genes.
What percent of peoplehave hemophilia?
Hemophilia affects approximately 1 in 10,000 people. The percentage is then approximately 0.01%.
Are people with Hemophilia prevented of getting Malaria?
No, hemophilia does not confer an advantage against malaria. People with sickle-cell anemia do have an immunity, of sorts.
Can a blood transfusion cause hemophilia?
No. Hemophilia is a genetic disease. But many hemophiliacs can benefit from having them.
How did hemophilia affect European politics and monarchies?
When people would dispute who should claim the throne when the heirs died from hemophilia.
What are people with hemophilia at risk of?
People with hemophilia are at very high risk of hemorrhage (severe, heavy, uncontrollable bleeding) from injuries such as motor vehicle accidents and also from surgery.
What is the percentage of the population suffering from hemophilia?
Hemophilia A occurs once in every 10,000 people in the U.S., or one in every 5,000 males. Hemophilia B occurs once in every 50,000 people. 400 babies are affected every year in the United States, a large majority of them male.
How does hemophilia affect society?
It's important for society to know how scary hemophilia can be. Hemophilia is a blood clotting disorder in which it is hard to clot once bleeding has occurred. People that have hemophilia (mostly males) often lose a lot of blood and need donor blood. People in society need to know before they donate blood that their blood is clean (free of AIDS especially). People that have hemophilia are limited to certain activities and need to be extremely careful every minute of every single day.
Why do people with hemophilia run the risk of having hepatitis?
Not all people with Hemophilia have AIDS or HIV. Due to very lax screening in blood/plasma collection centers and inadequate screening and purification on the manufacturing ends during the 1980s many hemophiliacs were infected with HIV by the medications used to treat hemophilia. Roughly 50% of the hemophilia population (or 10,000 individuals) in the United States were infected during the 1980s in this manner. Today, the number of people with hemophilia in the united states is estimated to be roughly 20,000. Approximately 2500 of the original 10,000 infected hemophilia patients are still alive. Looking at the numbers today, this means that only 12.5% of the hemophilia population has HIV and/or AIDS.
How many alleles for hemophilia do females have?
females have 2 alleles for hemophilia, (X^hX^H) and (X^hX^h) if H is the normal allele and h is the recessive allele for hemophilia
