PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Also known as HAEMOPHILIA A, HAEMOPHILIA B, CLASSIC HAEMOPHILIA, FACTOR VI DEFICIENCY, FACTOR VIII DEFICIENCY, and CHRISTMAS DISEASE.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- Lack of symptoms
- Tendency to bruising
- Internal bleeding
- Painful joints
- Chronic joint stiffness
- Spontaneous bleeding
- Headache
- Lack of coordination
Lack of symptoms means you can't easy detect the disorder, because the person infected looks perfectly normal which makes this disorder hard to diagnose.
Tendency to bruising means when they get hit even if it's minor it bruises more area and happens easier then it normally should
Internal bleeding may occur if the patient has a hit in digger joints like knees, elbows, hip and shoulders, and in arm and leg muscles.
Joints like knees, elbows, shoulders... Can be in a lot of pain even with minor hits.
Chronic joint stiffness people with hemophilia may experience joint stiffness due to internal bleeding in that joint.
Spontaneous bleeding can occur in patients with severe cases.
If the patient suffers from a blow to the head internal bleeding of the skull may occur which cause intense headaches
In addition to head aches and internal bleeding patients can loose total lack of coordination
Hemophilia affects 1 in 5,000 male births. About 400 are born with hemophilia each year.
Without adequate treatment most people with hemophilia die before adulthood with proper treatment with are expected to live 10 years less then normal male age
Hemophilia is diagnosed with blood tests to determine if clotting factors are missing or at low levels, and which ones are causing the problem.
What are treatments for hemophilia? The mainstay of treatment is replacement of the blood clotting factors. Clotting factor concentrates can be purified from human donor blood or made in the laboratory using methods that do not use donor blood.