Hemophilia


 * =Hemophilia=

Description

 * Hemophilia is a inherited disorder
 * In this disorder you cannot stop the blood flow
 * Hemophilia has got in problem with the clotting factors
 * There are two type of hemophilia A and B
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History

 * The disorder was not named until 1828
 * It was not identified that the problem was clotting factor until 1960s
 * The name was given by physician Frederick Hopff
 * The disorder was first found in the Jewish people

Symptoms
Symptoms of hemophilia are:-
 * Swollen joints
 * Swollen muscles
 * Severe bleeding by cut
 * Sever bleed by dental issues
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 * Picture from http://www.medicinenet.com/hemophilia/page2.htm

Famous people with hemophilia

 * Prince Leopold
 * Alex Dowsett
 * Barry Haarde
 * Jesse Schrader
 * Tsarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich

The disorder is mostly common in males than in females. The female can have this disorder but is very rare to them. The group hemophilia A is common males by 1 in 4000 to 1 in 5000. And the group hemophilia B is common in males by 1 in 20000. There is no ethnicity or race of this disorder though known as royal disorder. Females carry almost avery time and always pass it to their son. http://www.my.clevelandclinic.org/disorder/hemophilia/hic_what_is_hemophilia.aspx Picture from

Genetics

 * Hemophilia is caused by gene mutation
 * It is mutation of the genes F8 and F9
 * Parents with this genotype cannot have a hemophiliac baby:- XHXH-XHY
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 * Picture from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:XlinkRecessive.jpg

Rehabilitation/Cure

 * The cure for this is a therapy and treatment for the bleeding episodes.
 * There is also cure for the joints swelling.
 * But there is no medicine for this disorder.
 * The therapy for this is prophylaxis and home therapy
 * The prophylaxis therapy reduces the bleeding a little but not the bleeding episodes.
 * http://www.hemophilia.org/NHFWeb/MainPgs/MainNHF.aspx?menvid=249&contentid=385
 * Picture from http://www.faqs.org/patents/imgfull/20110077560_03

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