What is hemophila

Is the inability of blood to clot. It is sex-linked.It is autosomal recessive. Hemophilia is a condition where the blood does not want to clog up or clot in an open wound or abrasion. The cause is a factor deficiency in the plasma of the bl…

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Hemophilia A is a sex-linked, inherited disorder characterized by a deficiency in Factor VIII activity.

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Hemophilia is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that almost always occurs in males. A person has hemophilia when he or she inherits problems with certain blood-clotting factors, making them unable to work properly. Blood-clotting factors are…

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What is the difference between hemophila A and hemophilia B?

Q: Also what life-threatening problem did hemophiliacs encounter in the 1980’s when HIV was introduced into the country?

A: Well in short the difference between hemophilia A and B is:Hemophilia A also know as Factor 8 means that the person who has hemophilia is lacking the normal amount of working Factor 8.Hemophilia B means that the person with hemophilia B lacks the normal amount of working Factor 9. Both Factor 8 and 9 are key to a persons blood clotting. Also Factor 8 is much more common type of hemophilia.What life-threatening problem did hemophiliacs encounter in the 1980’s when HIV was introduced into the country?Well that question somewhat answers itself. During the early 1980s most thought that HIV was a simple put a “Gay Problem” thus HIV early name of “Gay Cancer”. The problem was that it was also could be transmitted by blood. At this time there was no testing for HIV in the blood supply. Many people with hemophilia got HIV this way. As did many other people who did not have hemophilia. However from a social point those with hemophilia were among the hardest if not hardest hit. I hope this answers your questions. If not feel free to contact me. Quick history below in the link under sources.

what is the social and ethical implications of hemophila?

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A: Well, it would obviously severely limit one’s social activities. A hemophiliac would have to think carefully before indulging in any sport or social activity that had the potential for any kind of minor injury. Also, naturally, those around him would have to be sensitive to the danger he is constantly in.(Although not an actual hemophiliac, my boyfriend has some of the same problems because he was put on blood-thinning medications, that were never needed in the first place, as a result of a mis-diagnosis – and then left on them by his doctors for more than 8 years!)As to the ethical implications, well, it would make hitting, or physically abusing a hemophiliac in any way, a much more serious offense than doing the same to someone with a “normal” blood chemistry. What is simple harrassment to someone else, could be life-threatening to a hemophiliac. It clearly turns “assault and battery” into “attempted murder”.

What sex would the hemophiliac child be?

Q: Hemophila B is sex-linked and recessive in humans. A heterozygous woman marries a normal man, is it possible for them to have a hemophiliac child? If so, what sex would the hemophiliac child be?

A: Yes, male.The say it’s sex-linked, so that means the gene is either on the X or Y chromosome.They then say that the mother is heterozygous, so it must be on the X chromosome (in order for her to be heterozygous, she needs to have one copy of the normal allele and another of the disease-associated allele). If it were Y-linked, the father would be hemizygous for the allele (since he only has one copy of the Y chromosome) and he would also have the disease.When they mate, their daughters will get one X chromosome from the mother and the other from the father. Since the father doesn’t have the disease, the X chromosome they get from him will have to have the normal allele, so none of the females will have the disease.For their sons, the father gives them his Y chromosome and the mother gives one of her two X chromosomes. If a son gets the X chromosome that has the disease-associated allele, he’ll have the disease since he didn’t inherit a normal copy from his father.