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Hemophilia commonly describes a condition where the patient is deficient in a clotting factor. Hemophilia A is associated with deficiencies in Factor VIII, while Hemophilia B is associated with Factor IX deficiencies. Decreased levels and/or inhibition of factor activity may lead to increased risk of bleeding. Red cell transfusions may be needed to treat acute or chronic anemia associated with an increased bleeding tendency.
Specific clotting factor concentrates are used in modern transfusion medicine to treat such conditions, while fresh frozen plasma and/or cryoprecipitate are used when multi-factor deficiencies are present (i.e, liver disease, hypo/dysfribrinogenemia) and specific factor concentrates are not available.
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What is a blood bank for?
A blood bank is for people to donate blood and to receive blood that people donated to get blood transfusions.
How many people need blood every year?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO)estimates, every year 100,000,000 blood bags are needed for transfusions across the world.
In what cases would a blood transfusion be necessary?
* Severe trauma resulting in an active bleed. * Low red blood count/platelets/plasma/haemoglobin. * People who have hepatic impairment/disease or an infection, they are unable to make blood efficiently. * People who have kidney diseases, or cancer - they are likely to become anaemic, and therefore would require a blood transfusion. * Suffers of haemophilia or thrombocytopenia also.
Which hemophilia disorder is genetic?
i believe all types of haemophilia are genetic although i am not sure. but i do know that CLASSIC HAEMOPHILIA is a genetic disorder Haemophilia A and B are both genetic. Haemophilia A (which is the most common) occurs when your blood lacks a clotting agent called factor 8. Haemophilia B occurs when you lack factor 9 in your blood. There is also acquired Haemophilia, this occurs when the immune system starts attacking clotting agents within the blood, this usually occurs in elderly people. Both forms of genetic haemophilia mostly occur in males, it rarely occurs in females. Unfortunately there is no cure but it is quite easily controlled with injections of the missing clotting agent.
What did Ryan White do?
he help give people positiive thoughts on blood transfusions
What year did blood transfusions become safe?
Nowadays blood is screened for illnesses before it is used in transfusions.
Is blood transfussion moral?
Yes. Millions of people across the world undergo blood transfusions every day
Why do hospitals ask people to donate blood?
they ask people to donate blood so that they can give the blood to people who need it because they have lost alot of blood and or going to have a transplant or oporation.
Why is the transmission of HIV by blood transfusions now very rare?
Because blood is screened and sterilized before transfusions.
How do people suffer with haemophilia?
Haemophilia is a genetic disorder. Usually males are the victims and females are carriers of this disease. There is no prominent cause of this disease but now-a-days it is seen that the families which do not have any history of haemophilia may also have a haemophiliac child. The reason for this is that sometimes there is mutation at genetic level which may lead to deficiency of clotting factor(VIII OR IX) in the blood of the child resulting in haemophilia. One may also suffer from haemophilia at a very later stage of his life but that is very rare. This is the case of Acquired Haemophilia.
When do people need repeated blood transfusion?
Haemophilia(only if bleeding occurs) leukemia sickel cell anaemia beta thalasemia
When people need repeated blood transfusion?
Haemophilia(only if bleeding occurs) leukemia sickel cell anaemia beta thalasemia
