Hemophilia: The Bleeding Disorder. Hemophilia a group of inherited blood disorders

Bleeding disorders are caused by the defects in the blood vessels, the coagulation mechanism or blood platelets an affected individual may bleed spontaneously for a longer time than a healthy person after an injury or surgery.

Hemophilia is a group of inherited disorder in which blood doesn‘t clot properly.

Hemophilia is usually not associated with higher incidence or any other congenital abnormality.

The incidence is about 1:10000 male‘s birth and all races, religions and socioeconomically groups are affected.

Hemophilia is the standard international spelling, also known as haemophilia in the UK, other translations include: hemofilie, haemofili, hemophilie, hemophilia, emofilia.

Hemophilia is two types: Haemophilia A: This disease is caused due to deficiency of Factor VIII (FVIII) and Haemophilia B: It is caused due to deficiency of Factor IX*.