hemophilia

Hemophilia Hemophilia is a genetically inherited bleeding disorder which is caused when one of the plasma proteins (needed to clot) is missing or abnormally formed in the blood. The word Hemophilia comes from the Latin word hemo, meaning blood and the word philia, meaning: having a tendency towards. Knowledge of hemophilia has been around since biblical times (due to the age of hemophilia it is uncertain who the exact founder of the disease is) but …

…disease. At the beginning of this century the life expectancy of someone with hemophilia was less than fifteen years. Today, with good treatment, and a fair amount of knowledge, a male's life expectancy with hemophilia is only ten years less than a normal male's life. This is only the beginning of treating hemophilia. With the recent genetic technological advances taking place, there is no telling what treatment or prevention methods scientists will think of next.