Home » Your Health » 7 Facts on Hemophilia and Inherited Bleeding Disorders

7 Facts on Hemophilia and Inherited Bleeding Disorders

By: Jeff Hayward on Tuesday, April 25th

What if a simple cut on your arm became a life-threatening episode? That’s the reality for those living with hemophilia, a disorder that prevents the normal clotting of blood from an injury, making the bleeding more exaggerated than in a healthy individual.

The condition is relatively rare in the U.S., with about 20,000-cases, according to the National Hemophilia Foundation. Around the world, that number is estimated to be around 400,000. However, while it doesn’t affect a large portion of the population, it has its own day to mark—World Hemophilia Day was earlier last week, April 17. Here are seven things to know about it…

1. There are Two Main Types

Hemophilia, a term that covers a range of inherited bleeding disorders, is broken down into two main categories: hemophilia A and hemophilia B (the latter also known as Christmas disease). The two are “distinguished by the specific gene that is mutated,” according to MedicineNet.com.

There is also a hemophilia C, but it is less severe than type A or B, adds the source. Hemophilia A is about 4-times more common than B. How each type affects the patient can differ from case to case.

Dyspnea: Common Causes of Shortness of Breath

Feeling unable to catch one’s breath is something most everyone experiences at some point, often due to having overexerted the body physically.

Your Health
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments

Ankylosing spondylitis has a tongue-twister of an official name, but in layman's terms it is a type of arthritis that effects the human spine.

Your Health
Most Common Causes and Risk Factors of Spinal Stenosis

It typically only happens in older adults over the age of 50, and just like it sounds, spinal stenosis affects our spine which is what supports our posture and stability.

Your Health
What Every Woman Should Know About Hormone Replacement Therapy

There are many different hormones in the human body, but hormone replacement therapy typically focuses on replacing the hormones made by sex glands (ovaries and testes), which are...

Your Health
Hepatitis C: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

About 3.9 million people in the United States suffer from the hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to WebMD.

Your Health
Causes and Risk Factors For Hepatitis C

Over 3 million Americans are living with a long-term infection of hepatitis C (HCV), says WebMD.

Your Health
Staggering Facts About Hepatitis C

Hepatitic C (HCV) affects over 30 million people around the world, and nearly 4 million people in the United States, according to WebMD.

Your Health
Lifestyle Tips for Lumbar Stenosis

Lumbar stenosis is a type of spinal stenosis, a condition that affects the spine by narrowing the spinal columns and pressing on the spinal cord.

Your Health
Multiple Myeloma Diet: Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid

Even though it's a highly uncommon form of cancer (in the U.S. the chances of getting it are 1 in 132), the American Cancer Society predicts 2019 will bring over 32,000 new cases...

Your Health
Pros and Cons of Immunotherapy

Cancer is one of those words we don't like to use or hear because it carries a lot of weight. It's scary.

Your Health
Best Foods for Pancreatitis

The food we eat has a huge impact on our health in so many ways, some obvious like our weight, and others not so obvious like setting the stage for heart disease, diabetes, etc.

Your Health
Symptoms and Causes of Mesothelioma

You might not have ever heard of mesothelioma, but you've most definitely heard of cancer.

Your Health
Mesothelioma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects tens of thousands of people every year. Like most cancers, there is no known cure, but plenty of treatment options available to keep...

Your Health
Top Risk Factors for Kidney Cancer

People tend to get risk factors and cause mixed up, so before we dive into this article, we’re going to define what a risk factor is.

Your Health
Acute Pancreatitis vs. Chronic Pancreatitis: What's The Difference?

We've all heard about our pancreas before, but do you actually know what it does? Our pancreas is actually a large gland that sits behind the stomach.

Your Health