Hemophilia-Description

= Hemophilia-Description = Also known as the Royal Disease.Hemophilia is an inherited blood disorder that occurs when the blood does not clot normally. There are two typed of Hemophilia, A and B. Hemophilia A is the most common form and it's an inherited bleeding disorder. Hemophilia B is a disorder that involves a lack of clotting.

What it's like: A person who has Hemophilia will often bleed excessively. In a normal body, a small cut or bruise would heal itself, but with Hemophilia it's dangerous for that to happen due to the person's lack of blood clotting and the danger of too much potentiol blood loss.

History: The Jews were the first to recognize Hemophilia. In the early 1900's, people could start to transport blood to help people with hemophilia. At that time, a hemophilics life expectancy was 13 years. In the 1950's through 1970's plasma became available and treatmemt of Hemophilia is being improved. Factor concentrates also become available. In the 1980's and 1990's, factor concentrates affect 80% of the people with Hemophilia in the U.S. with HIV/AIDS, and the first inactivated factor products become available. Now, prophy is the standard treatment in the U.S. []