Haemophilia is inherited group of disorders of the blood clotting factors. There are two major forms of haemophilia A and B.
What are the causes of haemophilia?
Haemophilia is caused by an inherited sex-linked recessive trait. The defective gene is located on chromosome X.
The severity of the symptoms can vary depending on the disease, and serious arise from the beginning. Bleeding is the hallmark of haemophilia and usually when the child circumcised. Other events are emerging bleeding when the child becomes mobile. Mild cases of haemophilia May unnoticed until later in life in an attempt to occur after surgery or trauma. Internal bleeding can be anywhere, and bleeding into joints is common. Risk factors are family history of bleeding and being male.
What are the symptoms of haemophilia?
The most common symptoms of haemophilia are: bruising, spontaneous bleeding, bleeding in the joints and the pain and swelling, gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract bleeding, blood in urine or stool, excessive bleeding and extended cut, tooth extraction, surgery bruising unusual in a city where the number of nose bleeding that will not stop, and painful or swollen joints.
How is haemophilia diagnosed?
Doctors diagnose haemophilia by conducting a series of blood tests. Coagulation studies involving many tests are carried out if the person tested is the first in the family have bleeding disorder. Once the treatment of haemophilia have been identified, other family members, have less need for testing to see if they have it.
Medical complications of haemophilia
Some of the medical consequences of haemophilia are: chronic joint deformities and intra-cerebral bleeding.
Is there a cure haemophilia?
There is currently no cure for haemophilia. However, it can be managed with medication, such as replacement therapy of coagulation factor.
Statistics
* Haemophilia A occurs in 1 in 10,000 men in the United States.
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