What is Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that is found on the x chormosome. The disease is usually hereditary, passed to son's by symptom-free mothers. It's more common in boys in fact records show that only on girl has been affected. You lack the protein the allows your blood to clot. This is a very serious factor because on cut can result into bleeding to death. So far there is no cure for Hemophilia yet. There is no way to prevent yourself for getting hemophilia your are born with it. A person that does not have hemophilia can not wake up one day and have it.
How Hemophilia developes.
The genetic defect in hemophilia causes absence of a clotting factor (protein 8 or plasma thromboplastic), which is a blood component essential for clotting. Boys with abnormally low levels of clotting factors have trouble recovering from wounds, and they may develop internal bleeding.
The severity of the disease depends on the degree of clotting factor deficiency. Children with mild hemophilia may have problems only after surgery or serious injury. Moderate disease may cause one or two bleeding episodes a week, many without any apparent precipitating injury.
Location of hemophilia on the chromosome
Xq27.1-q27.2 (located on the x chromosome)
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Hemarthrosis,
A common complication of hemophilia, occurs when blood oozes repeatedly into soft tissue, muscles and joints (particularly the knees), causing pain and swelling and, in some cases, leading to deformity. For this reason, orthopedists (surgeons who specialize in the musculoskeletal system) often play a key role in managing hemophilia patients.
