Hemophilia

What is hemophilia? Hemophilia that slows blood clotting process. The disease is common as 1 male in 4000males will be born with hemophilia. Gene F8 and F9 is involved people inherit this disease when born. The genetic are the in the sex chromosomes. Males are most likely to get the disease. Women are only carriers of hemophilia. There are two types of hemophilia. There’s hemophilia A and B. hemophilia A is also known as factor VIII. Hemophilia B, also known as "Christmas disease" (named after the first person diagnosed with it in 1952) or factor IX deficiency, is caused by a deficiency in a different blood clotting factor and is less prevalent than the factor VIII version. This version appearing in 1 in 25,000 male births as opposed to the factor VIII version that appears in one in 5,000 male births. The genetic appearances of this factor deficiency are the same as that with factor VIII.
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What are the symptoms and what are the medical treatments? The symptoms are gushing of blood from an opened wound or surgery and bleeding into joints, muscles, brain or any other internal organ.