About Hemophilia

Hemophilia does not only affect males.  The carriers of this disease can also exhibit many of the symptoms of hemophilia.  The Symptomatic Carriers can also take medications to help them with their symptoms.  Although most hemophiliacs have some clotting ability, there are three different levels of clotting factors:  Mild, Moderate and Severe.  Mild hemophiliacs have greater than 5% of the normal factor level.  Moderate hemophiliacs have 1-5% and Severe hemophiliacs have less than 1%.

With the medications that are available today for the treatment of hemophilia, most hemophiliacs do live very normal lives.  Unfortunately, the medications they take are derived from human blood products.  Therefore, they are also subject to any new diseases that have the ability to travel in the blood system.

- Angie B.  (Thanks Angie!  We did further research and you’re right.  Also, as most male hemophiliacs now survive to father children, there is increased possibility of having a female child with hemophilia.)

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