This page is dedicated for hemophilia awareness. Here we try to bring together all fellow hemophiliacs to share their experiences and spread awareness.
Hemophilia (from the Greek haima meaning blood and philia meaning friend) is an inherited medical condition where the blood does not clot properly. Essentially, hemophiliacs - people with hemophilia - lack a protein called a clotting factor that works with platelets to stop bleeding at the site of an injury. People with hemophilia tend to bleed for longer periods of time after an injury and they are more susceptible to internal bleeding
There are two major types of hemophilia, labeled type A and type B. Hemophilia A is characterized by a lack of clotting factor VIII (8) and accounts for about 90% of hemophilia cases. Seventy percent of hemophilia A cases are severe. Hemophilia B is characterized by a lack of clotting factor IX (9). As very rare disorders, hemophilia A occurs about once in every 10,000 births and hemophilia B occurs once in every 50,000 births.
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