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Home :: Family Health :: Haemophillia Haemophillia - Haemophillia symptom, treatment, causesHaemophillia is an inherited blood-clotting disorder resulting from deficiency in blood plasma of either clotting factor VIII (haemophilia A) or IX (haemophilia B -Christmas disease). These factors are essential for normal clotting, and a shortage of either leads to abnormal bleeding because blood-clotting is much slower than it should be. Haemophilia is causedby a faulty gene and affects only males, but because the culprit gene is located on the X chromosomeit can be passed on only by women (see x-linked recessive disorders in GENITIC DISORDERS ). The condition ranges from mild to severe, dependingon the degree of clotting factor deficiency. Haemophilia is a blood condition in which an essential clotting factor is either partly or completely missing. People with haemophilia bruise easily and bleed for longer if they injure themselves. It is a lifelong inherited genetic condition, which affects females as carriers and males who inherit the condition. About a third of new diagnoses are where there is no previous family history. It appears world-wide and occurs in all racial groups. There are different types of haemophilia. If you have haemophilia A, you have a deficiency of clotting factor VIII. If you have haemophilia B, you have a deficiency of clotting factor IX. Haemophilia B is also known as Christmas disease. Haemophilia A is also known as classical haemophilia. The main problem for people with haemophilia is bleeding inside the body, especially around joints. If left untreated these bleeds cause acute pain and severe joint damage leading to disability. Bruising is common in people who have haemophilia, particular severe haemophilia. Haemophilia is rare and almost always affects men. Severe haemophilia usually becomes apparent in the first years of life - often as the child starts to move about independently. Treatment for haemophilia is usually by replacement of the missing clotting factor. In severe haemophilia this is by injecting it on a regular basis to help prevent bleeding. In mild or moderate haemophilia injections will be given at the time a bleed occurs (called on-demand therapy). Symptoms of HaemophilliaThe earliest episode of abnormal bleeding usually occurs before the age of 18 months. Minor injuries such as cuts can result in haemorrhage ;minor falls and bumps can lead to bleeding into muscles and joints; and slight head injuries can cause serious bleeding inside the skull. Some sign and symptoms related to Haemophillia are as follows:
Treament of HaemophilliaAcute bleeding episodes are treated by transfusion with concentrates of the deficient factor prepared from pooled donor blood. Similar transfusionsare used before dental or other surgery to prevent haemorrhage. In the past. many haemophiliacs contracted blood-borne viral infec tions, such as hepatitis B and C and HIV/AIDS. fromtransfused blood products. Careful screening of donor blood now minimises this risk. Female from relatives of haemophiliacs are advised to obtain genetic screening and counselling before starting a family. Here is list of the methods for treating Haemophillia:
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