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Would a person with hemophilia have higher or lower than normal clotting times?
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∙ 15y ago
Longer clotting times, its a clotting disorder.
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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.
Is hemophilia a sex-limited or a sex-influenced trait?
Hemophilia, along with color blindness, is a sex-linked recessive trait. Hemophilia is when a person lacks a clotting factor in the blood. This results in the decreased ability to have blood clots. This can be dangerous because a person may internally or externally bleed to death. People with hemophilia must take clotting factors (by needle injection) frequently throughout their lives in order to live. As it is to be known, mothers are the carriers of these kind of traits. If a mother has the hemophilia trait, that means that her son will have hemophilia.
Which clotting factor is deficient in Hemophilia A?
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
What are the affected parts of the body hemophilia?
The blood is affected. The blood of a person with Hemophila lacks the clotting factor, so people with it are "Free Bleeders."
People with the disease hemophilia do not produce the chemical fibrinExplain why hemophilia is a serious disease?
The disease hemophilia results in a lack of functional clotting proteins, the chemicals that form a scab when a person sustains a cut. If the blood is not able to clot properly a person could suffer exsanguination (death due to blood loss) from a minor cut or injury.
What are the possible interventions for hemophilia?
No. The disorder is genetic. <><><> No. Hemophilia is not curable at this time. However, it is treatable. Using blood products, artificial blood clotting factors and in some cases hormones that induce the production of clotting factors, hemophilia can be treated. Hemophiliacs still require careful medical monitoring, but it is fairly manageable today. However, scientists are considering gene replacement therapy as a possible option in the future.
What cell is infected with hemophilia?
Skin cells, I think. Hemophilia is when you can't heal outside wounds so I'm pretty sure it's skin. The person lacks certain protein for clotting factors. Platelets are used to clot the blood and make a person stop bleeding. Bleeding can occur internally as well as externally.
What causes haemophilia?
Hemophilia is a disorder that is defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting. If a person with hemophilia is injured, the bleeding is prolonged because a clot forms very slowly. This can lead to massive internal as well as external bleeding from serious injuries.
What is the success rate of replacement therapy for hemophilia?
Replacement therapy is very effective in treating hemophilia. In the past 35 years the clotting factor concentrates have become better and safer to the point where a person with hemophilia has a near normal life expectancy, and many who use prophylaxis (preventative treatments) as their replacement therapy see little to no loss in their physical abilities or their quality of life. Unfortunately a small percentage of the population develops what are known as inhibitors. Inhibitors are basically an immune response to the clotting factor protein. The antibodies can quickly wipe out the clotting factor making replacement therapy useless. Many of these rare individuals can successfully treat the inhibitor with what is termed Inhibitor Override Therapy. If override therapy works, replacement therapy should also become successful.
How hemophilia affect the body?
Your blood. A hemophiliac is a person who is a "free bleeder", meaning if they get even a minor cut, they will bleed profusely. If they get just a little more than a small cut, they can actually bleed to death because their blood does not clot the way it should.
Is hemophilia contageous?
No, Hemophilia is a genetic disease. A person is born with it.
