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How many people get hemophilia a year?
You have to be born with hemophilia, it is not something people can "catch".
Hereditary disease in which persons lack one of the clotting factors?
"hemophilia"
Which group of disorders has an inherited lack of factor necessary for blood to clot?
HEMOPHILIA
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.
Why can even small cuts be dangerous for people with hemophilia?
They lack something that makes blood clot, so they could just keep bleeding until they die.
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.
Is an hemophilia an inherited disorder that affects blood clotting?
Yes, hemophilia is an inherited disorder that affects blood clotting. It is primarily caused by a deficiency in specific clotting factors, with hemophilia A resulting from a lack of factor VIII and hemophilia B from a lack of factor IX. The condition is usually passed down through families in an X-linked recessive pattern, primarily affecting males. As a result, individuals with hemophilia experience prolonged bleeding and difficulty forming blood clots.
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.
People with the hereditary disease hemophilia have what?
They have trouble forming blood clots due to the inability to create a certain protein needed to form a clot. Different types of hemophilia have different proteins that don't work. or for Plato users : lack one or more blood clotting factors
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%.
