Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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What is hemophilia?
Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. Blood contains many proteins, called clotting factors, which work to stop bleeding. People with hemophilia have a low level or absence of one of these clotting factors in their blood.
The lack of clotting factor causes people with hemophilia to bleed for longer periods of time than people whose blood factor levels are normal. People with hemophilia do not bleed faster than other people, and will not bleed to death from a minor cut or injury.
The main problem for people with hemophilia is bleeding internally, mainly into muscles and joints.--
Even as we learn about how science and technology is now opening the windows of hope to previously uncurable diseases, the truth is that many medical conditions are now treatable, but not curable.
So please spread the message, increase the awareness for one such medical condition called haemophilia.
"Hemophilia is quite rare. About 1 in 10,000 people is born with hemophilia A. About 1 in 50,000 people is born with hemophilia B. "
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