hemophilia

     

Haemophilia (also spelle as hemophilia, from the Greek haima "blood" and philia "to love") is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or coagulation. In its most common form, Hemophilia A, clotting factor VIII is absent. In Haemophilia B, factor IX is deficient. Hemophilia A occurs in about 1 in 5,000–10,000 male births, while Hemophilia B occurs at about 1 in about 20,000–34,000.

Trivia about hemophilia

  • Queen Victoria passed this hereditary blood disease to many of her royal descendants
  • A defective gene on the X chromosome causes this disease in which blood doesn't clot normally
  • It's just a bloody nose! You don't have this hereditary disorder once endemic to European royalty
  • About 1 male in 10,000 is born with this bleeding disease where blood lacks clotting factor VIII
  • The Duffy blood group system was discovered while treating a sufferer of this hereditary condition
  • When Queen Victoria's granddaughter married into the Russian royal house, this blood disease went with her
  • Searching for a cure for this disease in their son Alexis led Nicholas & Alexandra to Rasputin
  • The inherited absence of the blood-clotting agent known as factor VIII leads to this disease
  • Christmas & Von Willebrand's are 2 less common forms of this disease that keeps blood from clotting

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