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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.

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Prior to 1985, there were no laws enacted within the U.S. to screen blood. As a result, many haemophilia patients who received untested and unscreened clotting factor prior to 1992 were at an extreme risk for contracting HIV and hepatitis C via these blood products. It is estimated that more than 50% of the haemophilia population, over 10,000 people, contracted HIV from the tainted blood supply in the United States alone. The main symptom of hemophilia is bleeding. Mild cases may go unnoticed until later in life, when they occur during surgery or after trauma. In more severe cases, serious bleeding may occur without any cause. Internal bleeding may occur anywhere. Bleeding into joints is common.A small percentage of people with hemophilia may die from severe bleeding. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000537.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemophilia#Blood_contamination_issues


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Hemophilia normally refers to a genetic disorder that can be either inherited or the result of a spontaneous mutation. Since the genetic form of hemophilia is linked to a mutation on the X chromosome, males typically show the full symptoms while females with the mutation typically have somewhat mitigated symptoms or none at all. While the majority of the cases of genetic hemophilia are inherited, meaning that the genes were passed down from the the parents, approximately 1/3 of the cases are spontaneous mutations. The mutation occurs at conception, meaning that all genetic forms basically take effect at birth. Acquired hemophilia is a result of some other influence such as liver damage or specific medications. This form of hemophilia is neither inherited nor genetic. In short, technically anyone can get hemophilia. Genetic hemophilia is present at birth, and it tends to impact the health of males more than females, but can affect females too.


Explain why a woman carrying a gene for hemophlia can produce hemophilic sons when she is mated with a normal male?

A woman carrying a gene for hemophilia is typically a carrier with one X chromosome carrying the hemophilia gene and one X chromosome carrying the normal gene. When she is mated with a normal male who has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, there is a 50% chance that the son will inherit the X chromosome carrying the hemophilia gene from the mother. Since males have only one X chromosome, if they inherit the hemophilia gene, they will express the disorder.


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