Do you ever hate it when you bump it into something? No big deal right? Well that’s not quite the situation for people that suffer from Hemophilia. Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that is passed down from parents to their children. Problematic and frequent bleeding is the major aspect of this disorder, it is commonly detected before the victim reaches their adult years, but due to increased research there might be breakthroughs involving stem cell treatments.
The reason why people are born with Hemophilia is because they weren't born with an X chromosome. You inherit the X chromosome from your mother. This disease is sex-linked, because it only carries the X. It is more likely for males to have this genetic disorder, because the females are almost all carriers, though they can be affected as well. Hemophilia has some history behind, a royal history. Hemophilia has always been known as The Royal Disease. The queen of England Victoria was a carrier of this horrible disease. Only one out of her eight children, Leopold suffered from Hemophilia. Leopold suffered great loss of blood, from a bursting blood vessel. Most of the Royalty blood line either suffered or were carriers. This disease was also discovered by the Jews, they recognized that some women carried the gene and enacted protocol to deal with babies that died from heavy bleeding.
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Such manifestations can range from bleeding a lot from just a minor cut to blood in the urine. Another example would be bleeding in the joints, bleedings occur without you provoking it, with no obvious injury. Bleeding in the brain is very serious, for it can lead to long-lasting headaches, vomiting repeatedly, strange behavior, and suddenly feeling very weak. Seizure may also occur. For children, before the age of one year and six months it tends to be more severe. Toddlers are