what are the causes of hemophilis?
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Hemophilia is an X-linked disorder.  Which means it is passed down with the X chromosome, two X's makes you female human, XY makes you male.  It is a genetic disease that originated in the British royal family with a mutation in the first Queen Victoria or in some of her fathers sperm.  She had 8 children, the females were carriers of the disease and one of her sons died from it.  From there her children passed it on to several other royal families of Europe, Prussia/Russia by marriage and having children from those marriages.  There are entire web sites dedicated to this pedigree that will further show/explain Hemophilia.
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What Is Hemophilia?\n\nHemophilia (heem-a-FILL-ee-ah) is a rare inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. Persons with hemophilia may bleed for a longer time than others after an injury or accident. They also may bleed internally, especially in the joints (knees, ankles, and elbows).\n\nBabies born with hemophilia are missing or have a low level of a protein needed for normal blood clotting or blood coagulation (coe-AG-you-lay-shun). The protein is called a clotting factor.\n\nAbout 18,000 people in the United States have hemophilia. Each year, about 400 babies are born with the disorder. Hemophilia usually occurs only in males (with very rare exceptions).\n\nA person with hemophilia has a problem with certain proteins in the blood called clotting factors. Hemophilia can be due to:\n\nA low level of one of the clotting factors \nA clotting factor that is completely missing \nWhen clotting factors are missing, or your body does not have enough of these factors, it can take a long time for your blood to clot after an injury or accident. \n\nWhat Is Clotting? \n\nAn injury (like a cut) to a blood vessel causes a complex chain of events that results in a blood clot. This clotting process is also called blood coagulation. Clotting is your body’s reaction to bleeding and keeps you from losing too much blood. Losing too much blood can be life threatening and can damage your internal organs.\n\nWhat Is a Clotting Factor?\n\nClotting factors are proteins in the blood that work with platelets—a type of small blood cell—to help the blood to clot. When blood vessels are damaged, clotting factors help the platelets stick together to plug cuts and breaks at the site of the injury. \n\nIn people with hemophilia, blood does not clot as it should because it is missing or has low levels of one of these clotting factors. If blood doesn’t clot as quickly or as well as it should, then: \n\nHeavy blood loss can occur. \nBody organs and tissues can be injured. \nThese conditions can result in permanent damage or death. \nSometimes people with hemophilia need infusions of a clotting factor or factors to stop bleeding.\n\nTypes of Hemophilia\n\nThe two main types of hemophilia are:\n\nHemophilia A: Clotting factor VIII (8) is low or missing. About 9 of 10 people with hemophilia have type A. \nHemophilia B: Clotting factor IX (9) is low or missing. \nHemophilia also can be acquired when antibodies to these clotting factors form and block their function. Only inherited hemophilia is discussed here.\n\nHemophilia can be:\n\nMild \nModerate \nSevere \nMild, moderate, or severe hemophilia is determined by the amount of clotting factor in the blood. About 7 of 10 people with hemophilia A have the severe form. Normal persons have a factor VIII activity of 100 percent; persons with severe hemophilia A have a factor VIII activity of less than 1 percent.\n\nhttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemophilia_what.html\n\nWhat Is Sickle Cell Anemia? \n\nSickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease. That means you are born with it and it lasts a lifetime. \n\nSickle cell anemia affects the red blood cells. Normal red blood cells are smooth and round like doughnuts. They move easily through blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become hard, sticky, and shaped like sickles or crescents. When these hard and pointed red cells go through the small blood vessels, they tend to get stuck and block the flow of blood. This can cause pain, damage, and a low blood count or anemia. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe sickle-shaped red blood cells tend to get stuck in \nnarrow blood vessels, blocking the flow of blood. \n\nAnemia is a shortage of red blood cells in your blood. In sickle cell anemia, this shortage of red blood cells occurs because sickle cells do not last very long. It is hard for your body to make new red blood cells fast enough to keep up. Normal red blood cells l
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could be a number of things...\n\nvaginitis, endometriosis, too large of penis, etc.
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It has many different causes. See your doctor.
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the different types of anemia ...one of its causes is diettary iron difficiency
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Thrombophilia can be an inherited disorder, but can also be caused by external events such as surgery, obesity, pregnancy, use of oral contraceptives, antiphospholipid syndrome, or long periods of immobility. Physicians may suspect thrombophilia when patients have a blocked blood vessel at a young age or have a strong family history of clotting disorders (such as stroke, pulmonary embolism, or deep vein thrombosis). However, some patients with thrombophilia do not experience any symptoms. Or if they do have symptoms, the condition often goes undiagnosed because the tendency to make clots is subtle. Recent research suggests a possible correlation between inherited thrombophilia and recurrent fetal loss. Genetic markers for these clotting factors include factor V Leiden mutation and prothrombin G20210A mutation. These two mutations are the most common causes of inherited thrombophilia. These markers, as well as several others that have also been associated with recurrent miscarriage, can be detected through simple blood tests (see recommended testing).
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Stress, change in diet, infection, STD, fybroids, cysts, change in medication.  It could be almost anything.  The best way to find out for sure is to visit the doctor.
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What causes sickle cell disease? \n\nSickle cell disease, a group of blood disorders, is inherited, passed from parent to child. Children with sickle cell disease have two defective genes, one from each parent. \n\nA child born with sickle cell trait inherited one defective gene from one parent, and a normal gene from the other parent. These children don't have sickle cell disease but are carriers of the defective gene and may pass it on to their children.\n\nHow is it treated? \n\nThe best possible treatment for a person with sickle cell disease is a partnership between the affected family and a team of health professionals. Successful treatment requires: \n\nEarly diagnosis using infant screening (shortly after birth). \nPreventive antibiotic treatment and immunizations starting at 3 to 4 months of age. \nAn aggressive pain treatment plan. \nConsultation with doctors skilled in the care of patients with sickle cell disease. In severe cases, doctors may recommend regular blood transfusions, drug treatment with hydroxyurea, or (rarely) bone marrow transplant.
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The "cause" is sexual attraction and hormonal secretions.  The RESULT can be pregnancy or total satisfaction.
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Anaemia due to iron deficiency\nAnaemia is a condition in which the blood cannot carry enough oxygen. This may be because there are less red blood cells than normal, or because there is not enough haemoglobin in each cell.\n\nIron is the main component of haemoglobin. Lack of dietary iron is the world's leading nutritional deficiency and the most common cause of anaemia.\n\nOther vitamins that are needed for the body to make red blood cells include folate (folic acid) and vitamin B12. A lack of these in the diet can cause anaemia. For more information about these, please see the separate BUPA factsheets on Folate-deficiency anaemia and Vitamin B12-deficiency anaemia.\n\nCauses of iron-deficiency anaemia \nA common cause of iron-deficiency anaemia in women is heavy periods (menorrhagia). About 1 in 10 women become anaemic at some time in their life due to heavy periods. \nStomach ulcers, piles, ulcerative colitis (inflammation of the colon) and bowel cancer may cause bleeding in the gut and result in anaemia. Often the bleeding is not obvious because the blood is passed unnoticed in the stools. \nKidney or bladder disease can cause bleeding that can result in anaemia. The blood may be passed unnoticed in the urine. \nSome bowel conditions, such as coeliac disease (gluten sensitivity) or chronic diarrhoea, cause poor absorption of foods containing iron. \nLow dietary iron can lead to anaemia, although there are many sources of iron, including meat, green vegetables, milk, flour and eggs. In the UK, a lack of iron in the diet is unlikely to be the cause of anaemia, except in very young children. \nPregnancy can lead to iron-deficiency anaemia, because the growing baby needs iron and takes its supply from the mother. Iron deficiency is more likely to develop during pregnancy in women whose diet does not contain plenty of iron. \nCertain medical conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis or cancer, can lead to iron-deficiency anaemia. In this case adequate iron is present in the diet, but the developing red blood cells in the bone marrow cannot use the iron properly. \nLong-term aspirin-taking is associated with iron-deficiency anaemia because it can cause bleeding in the stomach without any symptoms. \nHookworm infection can cause iron-deficiency anaemia, and is the most common cause worldwide. People who live in or travel to tropical countries are at risk of hookworm infection. Hookworms feed off blood inside the intestines. \nSymptoms\nPeople with iron-deficiency anaemia have symptoms caused by a low level of oxygen in the blood. These include:\n\nbreathlessness \ntiredness \ndizziness \nrapid, weak pulse or palpitations \nheadaches \nLess common symptoms can include tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and altered taste.\n\nAs well as having the symptoms of anaemia, people with iron deficiency may have pale skin, brittle nails, cracked lips and an inflamed tongue. Very rarely, people get pica, which is a craving for non-food substances such as ice.\n\nOccasionally, in women over 40, iron deficiency can be a symptom of a condition called Plummer-Vinson syndrome. This also causes swallowing difficulties and occasionally web-like growths in the oesophagus.\n\nIron deficiency can also reduce attention span, cause behavioural and developmental problems in young children and weaken the immune system.\n\nDiagnosis\nAnyone with symptoms that may be due to anaemia, such as paleness, weakness and fatigue, should visit their GP. He or she will ask about your symptoms, medical history and current eating habits, and may perform a physical examination.\n\nA simple blood test can measure the number of red cells and the amount of haemoglobin in the blood. The normal amount is at least 13g/dl (13 grams of haemoglobin per decilitre of blood) for men and 11g/dl for women. This test can determine if you are anaemic, but does not identify the cause of the anaemia.\n\nSometimes the cause is clear, for example in women who are pregnant or have heavy peri
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Irregular menstruation can sometimes be caused by hormonal imbalances. It can become a serious condition if it persists, for the loss of blood can cause a variety of other medical problems from leucemia to death in more sever conditions. The good news is that your sister is planning to visit the doctor at the onset of the problem, this will certainly maximize her chance of preventing this from happening in the future. Do remember that if it does happen to be a hormonal imbalance, then it will also take some time in order for the hormonal levels to restore themeselves to their required limitations.
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It's an inherited disease. Both parents give their child the sickle cell allele.\nSickle cell anemia is caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen. Hemoglobin S, however, reduces the amount of oxygen inside the cells, distoring their shape. The fragile, sickle-shaped cells deliver less oxygen to the body's tissues, and can break into pieces that disrupt blood flow.
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One of the most common causes of menorrhagia (or hypermenorrhea)--heavy menstrual bleeding and/or prolonged menstrual bleeding-- is an imbalance between the hormones estrogen and progesterone.\n\nIf you have seen a doctor, your doctor should have one: diagnosed you with menorrhagia after ruling out any other possible causes (other menstrual disorders, medical conditions or the use of medications) and two: should have started you on treatment to correct a hormonal imbalance if that was indeed the culprit.\n\nMy mother had this problem last year, but suffered from excessive menstrual bleeding (to the point she was severely anemic) and prolonged menstrual bleeding (lasting several weeks out of the month, stopping for a few days, then starting back up again). Her doctor said it was due to a hormonal imbalance, and he performed a D&C and then put her on iron supplements and progesterone.
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Pancytopenia is generally due to diseases affecting the bone marrow, although peripheral destruction of all lines of blood cells in hypersplenism (overactive spleen) is a recognised cause. Bone marrow problems causing pancytopenia include myelofibrosis, leukemia and aplastic anemia.\n\nIncreasingly, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is itself a cause for pancytopenia. Rarely, drugs (antibiotics, blood pressure medication, heart medication) can cause pancytopenia.
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Sometimes it may be caused by low oxygen in blood or low level of hameogloubin. Exercise and dietry supplements and medical help in acute cases is required, provided there is motivation in the person to work.
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I don't believe you'll find much information about hemophilia on this web site. I have B severe, IXPTC.  And this is the first time I've even seen it mentioned on the site.  Below are two links that might help you get some answers.
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Blood is everything!! You do not want children with problems, do you?\n\nFor your blood type, your best match is: \n\nType O\n\nA+ and B+ can cause hemogoblinia, which causes small stature in offspring and can cause clawlike hands to form\n\nA+ and A can cause 'Vampirism' which results in offspring that tends to stay out late, wear dark clothes, and engage in orgiastic bloodletting parties.\n\nO is the 'black' of blood. It goes with everything.