Hemophilia

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This protein deficiency of causes the blood to not be able to form a firm clot, and there a person who gets bruised or cut, keeps on bleeding. Not more, but longer. There are also other blood clotting disorders such as von Willebrand disease which can affects both sexes.
is the most common hereditary blood disorder, affecting approximately one in ten thousand people, almost all male. People with suffer from abnormal blood clotting. In c's, clotting cannot occur and bleeding is prolonged. They also have times of painful internal bleeding in their joints and muscles. Brain hemorrhages are another symptom that can be fatal to c's. Some signs of internal bleeding, one of the biggest symptoms of , are headaches, sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, unequal pupil size, slurred speech, and disorientation and confusion. During the first year of life, babies with do not have many problems related to the disease. The baby is safe before it starts to learn to walk, because their ability ...

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