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Hemophilia A is an X-linked, hereditary bleeding disorder caused by the absence or defect of a blood clotting protein, Factor VIII. As a result, when a person with hemophilia A has a bleeding episode, the bleeding may be prolonged due to the body's inability to form blood clots. Patients who are affected with hemophilia A experience frequent spontaneous bleeding, most commonly into their joints and soft tissues, with bleeding into vital organs that may ... be life-threatening. Bleeding episodes may be painful, and over time, recurrent joint bleeding may result in debilitating destruction of the joints. Currently, patients with hemophilia A are dependent on injections of Factor VIII produced by genetic engineering or purified from human plasma, to help control a bleeding episode. It is estimated that approximately 50,000 individuals worldwide are affected with hemophilia A.
Hemophilia A - Clotting Factor VIII
Hemophilia B - Clotting Factor IX
Hemophilia C - Clotting Factor XI
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Cures for hemophilia?
There no cure for hemophilia. It can be controlled. Typically there is a deficiency of a clotting factor, therefore the individual must have regular infusions of this deficient factor.
Hemophilia is caused by a defiency of what clotting factor?
factor VIII
What is the protein that hemophiliacs lack?
In the most common type, Hemophilia A, the person lacks clotting factor VIII. In Hemophilia B, clotting factor IX is lacking.
Royal hemophilia is the result of what inheritance?
Hemophilia is broken into three subcategories; Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, and Hemophilia C. These subcategories designate a person as having a deficiency of one of three specific clotting proteins. Hemophilia A is the deficiency of the protein called Clotting Factor VIII. Hemophilia B is the deficiency of Clotting Factor IX. Hemophilia C is the deficiency of Clotting Factor XI. "Royal" hemophilia is simply a reference to Hemophilia B and is therefore a result of a deficiency in the Clotting Factor IX protein. It is sometimes called the royal disease because it has been known to have been passed through some royal families throughout history.
What are facts about hemophilia?
There are three types of hemophilia: A, B, CQueen Victoria was a carrier of hemophilia B.Proteins are blood-clotting factors that hemophiliacs lack.Hemophilia A is Clotting Factor VIII deficiency.Hemophilia B is Clotting Factor IX deficiency.Hemophilia C is Clotting Factor XI deficiency.Hemophiliacs do not bleed more than other people, they simply bleed longer.Hemophilia is NOT contagious.
What are some of the treatments for hemophilia?
replace the clotting factor in the veins
What types of treatment are available for the sufferers of hemophilia?
The main treatment for hemophilia is called replacement therapy. Concentrates of clotting factor VIII or clotting factor IX are slowly dripped or injected into a vein.
How do you treat heamophilia?
Standards of care for Hemophilia vary greatly around the world and from one doctor to another there are variations of care. Most doctors agree treatment of Hemophilia is administration of anti-hemophiliac factor. The main treatment for hemophilia is called replacement therapy. Concentrates of clotting factor VIII (for hemophilia A) or clotting factor IX (for hemophilia B) are slowly dripped in or injected into a vein. These infusions help replace the clotting factor that's missing or low.
The disease that results from a failure to form blood clotting factor VIII is?
Hemophilia i think... but i could be wrong
Is a group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which a blood clotting factor is missing?
hemophillia
What is a group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which a blood-clotting factor is missing?
Contradicting
What can lower your blood clotting factor My niece a 38 year old women has been recently told that she has a form of hemophilia. Are there other situations that can lower your clotting factor?
There are several medications that can lower the clotting factor proteins' levels in your blood. Since the production of the clotting factor proteins mainly takes place in the liver, liver disease, liver damage, and medications that effect the liver can impact clotting factor levels. Hormones can significantly impact clotting factor levels as well. Females often have hormone changes at ages near 38. Frequently, women who "carry" the genes for hemophilia may bounce between the percentages that denote hemophilia and above, simply due to hormonal changes (<50% means hemophilia, while >50% is normal).
