Hemophilia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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Hemophilia
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Hemophilia

• Hemophilia is a genetic bleeding disorder in
  which body loses the ability to stop bleeding due
  to low levels or absence of proteins known as
  clotting factors which are necessary for
  clotting of blood. Hemophilia leads to excessive
  bleeding. The function of the clotting factors is
  to make your blood thicker. There are 13 types of
  clotting factors, which work with small blood
  cells formed in bone marrow. Even a small injury
  in Hemophilia patients results in excessive
  bleeding and takes more than required time to
  clot. There are more than 1 million cases every
  year in India of this rare but serious
  disorder. The three types of Hemophilia are
  Hemophilia- A, B, and, C. Hemophilia A is caused,
  due to the deficiency of factor VIII Hemophilia B
  is caused due the deficiency of factor IX and
  Hemophilia C is caused due to the deficiency of
  factor XI. Hemophilia C may occur
  after surgery. There is also very rare case
  that a person may develop Hemophilia after the
  birth. This type Hemophilia is known as Acquired
  Hemophilia.

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Symptoms

• The main signs and symptoms of Hemophilia depend
  upon the type of bleeding. The bleeding may be
  internal or external. Internal bleeding due to
  Hemophilia causes more complications than
  external bleeding. Symptoms of Internal
  Bleeding are 
• Blood in the urine or excreta
• Bleeding in the intestine, stomach or kidneys
• Bleeding in the knees, elbows, and other joints
• Symptoms of External Bleeding are
• Excessive bleeding from minor injury
• Bleeding of gums
• Nose bleeding

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Symptoms
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• Symptoms of Bleeding in the brain are 
• Frequent vomiting
• Blurred vision
• Extreme weakness in arms and legs
• Fatigue
• Convulsions

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Diagnosis of Hemophilia

• The most common method for diagnosing Hemophilia
  is a blood test. The sample of blood taken from
  your vein indicates the factors responsible for
  Hemophilia. The blood test measures the amount of
  plasma present in your blood the low level of
  plasma in the blood indicates the severity of
  this bleeding disorder.

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Treatments

• The treatment of this disease depends upon the
  type of Hemophilia a patient has. The treatment
  of each type of Hemophilia varies according to
  its type. 
• The treatment of Hemophilia A focuses on the
  hormone called, Desmopressin. This hormone is
  given as an injection in the patients vein. The
  Desmopressin hormone restores the factors
  important for clotting of blood.
• Hemophilia B is treated by infusing donors blood
  into the patients body, which lacks clotting
  factors. The clotting factors present the donors
  blood promotes the process of clotting of blood.
• Hemophilia C occurs due to the lack of plasma
  count in the body. Therefore, plasma infusion is
  done into the blood to combat the excessive
  bleeding.

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