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Which is called Christmas disease in Christmas?
Hemophilia B is called Christmas disease after Stephen Christmas, the first patient suffering from it.
Why is hemophilia B called the Christmas disease?
Hemophilia B is called the Christmas disease because it was first discovered in a young boy named Stephen Christmas who experienced severe bleeding after a minor injury on Christmas day in 1952. This incident led to the identification of hemophilia B as a distinct type of hemophilia caused by a deficiency in clotting factor IX.
What is hemophilia commonly called?
Many years ago, it was refered to as 'the Royal Disease" also the "Bleeding disease". Hemophilia B is also known as Christmas Disease.
What is Christmas disease also known as?
Hemophilia B.
What is a disease in which the blood does not clot normally?
Hemophilia is one disease in which blood does not clot normally. von Willebrand's Disease
What is the disease that prevents blood from clotting?
blood do not clot it is due to disease that disease called haemophiliafromshrey batham ,class 1oU.D.C.A
What is another name for hemophilia?
Haemophilia is often spelled with an extra "a" in scientific journals but hemophilia has become widely used.
What is the nickname for hemophilia?
The nickname for hemophilia is "the royal disease" because it was prevalent in European royal families due to the genetic inheritance pattern of the disorder. Hemophilia is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that impairs the blood's ability to clot properly, leading to prolonged bleeding and easy bruising. It is caused by a deficiency in clotting factors VIII (hemophilia A) or IX (hemophilia B).
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.
Why is Hemophilia a very serious disease?
Hemophilia is a serious disease because you don't have the right proteins to clot up your blood( called clotting factors) If you cut yourself and you have hemophilia you could bleed to death if you don;t go to the doctor right away.
Is hemophilia contageous?
No, Hemophilia is a genetic disease. A person is born with it.
Disease known as bleeders disease?
hemophilia
