Haemophilia is used to describe a collection of hereditary genetic diseases that affect a mammal’s body’s capability to control thrombogenesis. Thrombogenesis is the way in which blood clots which is an important role in haemostasis. Two common forms of haemophilia are A and B. (1) Someone with A (otherwise known as classic haemophilia), clotting factor VIII is does not exist enough or is entirely absent. A person with haemophilia B (otherwise known as Christmas disease), clotting factor does
their body(internally), especially in the knees, ankles, and elbows. The bleeding can damage organs and tissues and may be life threatening. There are two main types of hemophilia: A and B. People born with type A are missing or have low levels of clotting factor VIII (1 in 5 000 males). People born with type B are missing or have low levels of clotting factor IX (1 in 20 000 males). About 8 out of 10 people who have hemophillia have type A. The greatest concern for both types is deep internal bleeding
I. Background Information and Clinical Need As for treating hemophilia, replacement therapy is a main treatment as concentrates of clotting factor VIII for hemophilia A or clotting factor IX for hemophilia B are injected into a vein. These infusions help replace the clotting factor that’s missing. These recombinant clotting factors are easy to store, mix and use at home, which takes about 15 minutes to receive the factor. Complications of Replacement Therapy exist as developing antibodies might
A great amount of studies have been conducted on the blood clotting disorder, hemophilia, and it’s plenty of ways to manage the disease. Scientists debate the most effective form of treatment, whether it is doses of factor eight and factor nine injections or gene and cell therapy. Different researchers have provided contradictory evidence to other studies in their quest to find the optimal treatment for hemophilia patients. This paper will address the benefits of each treatment and their efficiency
Hemophilia, also spelled as Haemophilia is a rare inherited genetic bleeding disorder. People with this condition or hemophiliacs doesn’t bleed any faster than normal, slowing down their clotting. This is because their blood lacks sufficient clotting proteins, which helps stop bleeding process following a blood draw, injury, or surgery. There are two major types of this disorder __ Hemophilia A, also known as classic hemophilia or factor VIII deficiency and Hemophilia B, also known as Christmas disease
than it would for a child without hemophilia. Hemophilia also causes joint damage because the built up blood of a bleed inside the body erodes joints. Out of the two types of hemophilia: hemophilia A, which is factor VIII deficiency, and hemophilia B, factor IX deficiency, hemophilia A is more common with 80 percent of cases being this type (Dowshen). Yet what causes this bleeding disorder? How does someone get it? How can it be treated? Since the discovery of the cause of hemophilia in the 20th
Hemophilia is a disease found in two forms, A and B. They are both caused by lack of a blood clotting factor, eight and nine respectively. I chose this disease because of a podcast I listen to. The podcast was about Grigori Rasputin, a “faith healer” who took care of the youngest child, Alexei Nikolaevich, of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna who had Hemophilia. Hemophilia is a disease with a sex-linked pattern of inheritance. It is carried on the X chromosome and is inherited
Hemophilia is a genetic disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. It’s a rare bleeding disorder that has been happening since ancient times. Men are the ones mainly affected by it. One in five thousand men born each year have Hemophilia. Yet women can be carriers and just like men, they can suffer from symptoms too. Women can only have Hemophilia if their father does and mother is a carrier, it’s uncommon but can happen. Hemophilia affects all races and ethnic groups. It’s all based on
This inherited disease is caused by an insufficiency of blood proteins, known as factors, which participate in blood clotting often by sudden gene mutation. Hemophilia can be characterized into three distinct types, including Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, and Hemophilia C. Biologically, hemophilia is a unique genetic disorder that As a recessive sex-linked disorder, hemophilia is more likely to occur in males than in females. This is explained by females having two X chromosomes, while males have only
may last for the person’s whole life. The cause of hemophilia is when there is a mutation on the X chromosome. Different types of the disorder have different causes. For example, hemophilia A is when there is blood clotting in factor 8. Hemophilia B is result of factor 9 blood clotting and hemophilia
factor VIII” (4). For people that have hemophilia they are most likely missing a protein that help with the clotting process. UXL Science also states, “Hemophilia B is a less common type of genetic disease caused by a deficiency in another necessary protein, called factor IX” (5). Factor IX is also a clotting protein just like fibrin. Hemophilia B is also called Christmas disease because it was renamed after a patient who had the disorder, his name was Stephen Christmas. In almost every type of bleeding
omega-6 essential fatty acids, and it has been shown to improve cholesterol, decrease inflammation, and stop unhealthy formations. Sesame seed oil: This oil is packed with B-complex vitamins, which is essential if you have an autoimmune or chronic disease that could impact the levels of vitamin B in your body. Vitamin B is essential for optimal health. It is also very high in the antioxidant vitamin E, which plays a part in the prevention of heart disease and
The Role of B Vitamins Water-soluble vitamins were collectively called water soluble B in the beginning. When more water-soluble vitamins were discovered, they were referred to as B1, B2, B6, B12 and so on. Later when more vitamins were discovered in both the categories, they were referred as vitamins C, D, E and K. Now, most are known by a word that indicates either chemical nature or function. Some vitamins are synthesized in the body itself by intestinal micro-organisms. Antibiotics
person's food or water supply. Luckily, this form of hepatitis resolves on its own within a matter of weeks if a person has a strong enough immune system. The next type of this disease is hepatitis B. It is spread through sexual contact or someone being exposed to another person's infected bodily fluids. Hepatitis B has to be treated with special medications that can only be prescribed by a doctor. Hepatitis C is different because it is a blood-borne virus. Most people get it from sharing needles with an
1- Hepatitis is caused by noninfectious agents such as immune, alcoholic and metabolic. Also, it is caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Viral infection such as hepatitis A, B, C, D, & E. All of the hepatitis viruses are RNAs expect hepatitis B. Transmission of Hepatitis B, C, & D is via blood and cause acute and chronic hepatitis. Transmission of Hepatitis A and E is via the fecal-oral route and not cause chronic hepatitis. Chronic hepatitis can progress to fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
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