Hemophilia
(Haemophilia)
The Royal Disease
By: Morgan Dirienzo
Alternate Names and Symptoms
• Some alternate names for Hemophilia would be Haemorrhaphilia, or
Von Willebrand disease.
The Symptoms for Hemophilia are…
• Bleeding
• Internal Bleeding
• Bleeding into joints and muscles
• Bruises in unusual places
• Effects muscles and bones often
• Can cause paralysis if bleeding in muscle isn’t taken care of
immediately
Inheritance pattern, Location, and who’s most likely to get it
Hemophilia is an X-linked disorder so it would be inherited through the XChromosome. Mostly boys get hemophilia and 1 in every 5000 boys get it.
Hemophilia would be located on the X chromosome and the reason that
girls are unlikely to get it would be because they would have to get the
trait from their mother and father. But since boys only have 1 Xchromosome they are more likely to get it from their mother who is a
carrier or a father who has it. Also there is no specific ethnicity it just has
to run in your family/genes.
Is it Deadly or Common?
Hemophilia can be a deadly disease if there is bleeding to the
brain or other major organs. Also if there is severe blood loss
a person can die.
Hemophilia A is the most common form of the disease. Every
1 in 4000 to 1 in 5000 males get hemophilia. Hemophilia B is
less common, every 1 in 20,000 males get type B worldwide.
Shorten lifespan? And Diagnosis
No, Hemophilia doesn’t shorten your lifespan if you take care
of yourself properly and treat wounds carefully.
You can be tested for hemophilia if you know your family has
a history of hemophilia. But if you think you may have it but
don’t know your family history just tell your doctor and they
can have you tested.
Cure or Treatment? Support Groups
Currently there is no cure but there is blood clotting
supplements you can take. Long term care plan would be to
take the supplements and try not to cause large self-injury.
Support Group:
http://www.hemophiliavillage.com/resourcessupport/default.aspx
This group tells about both hemophilia A and B.
• 235 East 42nd Street
NY, NY 10017 (mailing adress)
• Phone: 1-212-733-2323
Interesting Facts/Chromosome picture
Interesting Facts
1) An affected mother has 50%
chance of passing the disease
to her daughter.
2) An affected father will
always pass on the affected
gene to his daughter.
3) An affected father can never
pass on the disease to his son.
X-Chromosome is effected
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