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 Description of disease:
 Hemophilia is a very rare, inherited disorder of bleeding and clotting. It is caused by the lack of clotting factors which stop bleeding and allow blood vessels to heal.
There are several types of hemophilia: hemophilia A ( factor VIII deficiency), hemophilia B (factor IX deficiency). The type depends on sex of the ill person. Mutated hemophilia gene located on the chromosome X starts the disease. There is no possibility to spread the illness from person to person, it is strictly a genetic disease. Chromosome X is possessed by a woman or a man but only a woman can pass X chromosome to her son. The man can pass it to his daughter though.
For each pregnancy, a carrier woman has a 25% chance of having a son with hemophilia. Therefore prenatal diagnosis should be performed in women who have hemophilia in the family.
Symptoms:
bleeding after small cuts
bleeding easily
hemorrhage, unspecified
Krwotok do stawów oraz do tkanek miękkich
Research:
Koagulogia
Doctors :
Cardiologist
Hematologist
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Updated:
2008-03-03 15:42:27
Bibliography:
http://www.hemophilia.org/NHFWeb/MainPgs/MainNHF.aspx?menuid=0&contentid=1
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