TAYLOR ARLEDGE, NNEOMA OBIESHI, ANGELINA BAJRA Hemophilia

What is Hemophilia? Hemophilia is an X linked recessive blood disease  Most common in Caucasian men, as most x liked genetic disorders  Results from a deficiency in the clotting factor  Often called Christmas Disease or the Disease of the Royals Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B  Hemophilia A would be the most common out of the two  due to the decreased activity of factor VIII which aids in clotting  Hemophilia B is much like Hemophilia A except the deficiency involves Factor IX  Known as Christmas Disease

How is Hemophilia inherited? How the disorder is inherited?  Through a carrier Mother or a Hemophiliac Father (paired with normal mates or combined Can someone be a carrier for Hemophilia  Women are always the carriers of this disease  Women have two x chromosomes and can only he hemophiliacs if they hare homozygous for the recessive trait

Inheritance patterns

Symptoms include How the disease is diagnosed  Excessive bleeding  Bleeding in the joints  Joint scarring  Bruises  Hemorrhage Demographics  “Hemophilia A affects between one in 5,000 to one in 10,000 males in most populations.”(Gale )  Genetic testing  Amniocentesis DNA testing of fetal cells shed into the amniotic fluid for genetic mutations.  chorionic villus sampling examines proteins for the defects that lead to hemophilia. (gale) Symptoms & Diagnosis

Treatment and Cures Treatment  Usually the patient is injected with the deficient factor  Hemophiliacs A receiving Factor VIII  Hemophiliacs B receiving Factory IX  Other simpler modes of handling this disorder are wearing protective clothing on bodily areas that go through much contact as in the hands feet or arms. Effectiveness of Treatmnent  the treatment is used in emergency settings only and not daily administered.  Works when needed.

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