Signs and Symptoms
Bleeding into the skin produces this.
What is a bruise(ecchymosis)?
Most common of all bleeding disorders
What is von Willebrand disease?
The number of clotting proteins in the human body.
What is 13?
It more common for this gender to have hemophilia
What is male or boy
What is a hematoma.
Epistaxis is the medical term for this particular symptom.
What are nosebleeds.
If I have hemophilia B, what factor protein am I missing or have low levels of?
What is Factor IX
RICE is the acronym for....
What is Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
This is where genes live in the cell's nucleus
What are chromosomes.
Some people develop an immune response to the medication used to treat hemophilia.
What are inhibitors?
Bleeds can occur internally into joints and these.
What are muscles.
People with severe hemophilia B have this percentage of factor IX in their blood
What is <1%.
The function of a clotting factor protein does this to stop bleeding.
The gene for hemophilia is located on this chromosome
What is the x chromosome?
Three signs of a joint bleed.
what is redness, warmth, swelling, decreased ROM
A, B, AB, O
Exercise to have strong bones and muscles helps to....
What is helps protect joints
A woman who has the hemophilia gene, but is not affected
Synovitis is a condition where recurrent bleeding can cause chronic inflammation and reduce movement in these.
What are joints
Name 4 signs of a head bleed
Dizziness, headache, vomiting, sleepiness, confusion, visual disturbance, loss of consciousness
T or F Hemophilia A is very rare and occurs 1/30,000 people
False 1/5000 people
This treatment is used in mild cases of hemophilia and von Willebrand disease.
What is DDAVP or desmopressin
New treatment that is now on the market that is having positive outcomes.
what is gene therapy?
People who bleed a lot may have anemia and low levels of......
Iron