Haemophilia

Hemophilia is a hereditary disease associated with a defect in the blood coagulation system as a result of the absence of either of two coagulating blood factors: factor VIII (antihemophilic factor) or factor IX (Christmas factor). The patient may suffer from severe and prolonged bleeding resulting from any injury or wound; in severe cases, spontaneous bleeding in the muscles and joints may occur.

Treatment of bleeding in hemophilia usually involves transfusion of blood plasma, which contains the missing factor. An alternative approach to treatment is to prescribe to the patient concentrates containing the missing factor VIII or factor IX; these concentrates are obtained by freezing fresh blood plasma (see Cryoprecipitate).

In the human body, a sex-linked gene is responsible for the development of hemophilia, so this disease develops exclusively in males; Women can be carriers of this disease and pass it on to their sons, but they themselves cannot develop hemophilia.

Hemophiliac (haemophiliac) - related to hemophilia.

Hemophilia or hemophilia are hereditary bleeding disorders caused by a deficiency of clotting factors or inadequate amounts of them in the blood. Hereditary bleeding disorders leading to bleeding were previously united under the concept of “bleeding disease.”

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