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Hemophilia

Hemophilia: Introduction

Hemophilia: Blood disease usually genetic causing failure to clot. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hemophilia is available below.

Symptoms of Hemophilia

Treatments for Hemophilia

  • Transfusions
  • Home intravenous transfusions
  • Transfusion treatment strategies
    • On-demand infusion - the traditional use of infusion only when there are bleeding symptoms.
    • Periodic infusion (prophylaxis) - a preventive ongoing method that reduces complications but is costly and more involved.
  • more treatments...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hemophilia?

Hemophilia: Related Patient Stories

Hemophilia: Deaths

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Types of Hemophilia

Diagnostic Tests for Hemophilia

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Hemophilia: Complications

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Causes of Hemophilia

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Disease Topics Related To Hemophilia

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Hemophilia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

Misdiagnosis and Hemophilia

Mild worm infections undiagnosed in children: Human worm infestations, esp. threadworm, can be overlooked in some cases, because it may cause only mild or even absent symptoms. Although the most common symptoms are anal itch (or ...read more »

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend to have ...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course,...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See misdiagnosis of...read more »

Hemophilia: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Hemophilia

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Latest Treatments for Hemophilia

Hemophilia: Animations

Prognosis for Hemophilia

Prognosis for Hemophilia: Good. Near normal lifestyle with treatment, but with need to avoid injury.

Research about Hemophilia

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Statistics for Hemophilia

Hemophilia: Broader Related Topics

Hemophilia Message Boards

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User Interactive Forums

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Definitions of Hemophilia:

Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Hemophilia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

 

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