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In some cases a boy is born with haemophilia even though theres no family history of the condition. It happens when theres a gene change mutation which usually is inherited passed from parent to child.
Hemophilia affects mostly males.
Can someone with hemophilia have a child. It happens when theres a gene change mutation which usually is inherited passed from parent to child. Hemophilia mostly affects boys. But girls and women can be hemophilia carriers with mild hemophilia A.
They may have mild bleeding symptoms and can pass the gene to their children. You have a family history of haemophilia and youre pregnant or planning to have a baby. Theres a small risk that people with haemophilia may have a bleed inside their skull a brain or subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Symptoms of a brain haemorrhage include. Being sick vomiting a change in mental state such as confusion. Gene therapy to treat hemophilia corrects the non-working gene only in the person who receives it.
The viral vector carries a working copy of the factor VIII 8 or factor IX 9 gene to the liver cells providing them with the instructions of how to produce the missing factor. Gene therapy does not correct genes passed on to children. That means that she can pass the gene for hemophilia on to her children.
There is a 50 chance that any of her sons will inherit the gene and will be born with hemophilia. There is also a 50 chance that any of her daughters will be carriers of the gene without having hemophilia themselves. Some people have mild hemophilia some moderate and some more severe.
Hemophilia is rare and affects mostly males. Only about 1 in every 5000 to 10000 boys are born with it. In rare cases girls are born with the disease.
Hemophilia can affect people of any race or nationality. Symptoms of hemophilia include. Bruises that are unusual in location or number.
Nosebleeds that wont stop. If haemophilia is suspected after a child has been born a blood test can usually confirm the diagnosis. Blood from the umbilical cord can be tested at birth if theres a family history of haemophilia.
A blood test will also be able to identify whether a child has haemophilia A or B and how severe it is. In some cases a boy is born with haemophilia even though theres no family history of the condition. In such cases its thought the gene change developed spontaneously in the boys mother grandmother or great-grandmother but until then a male member of the family had never inherited it.
Have hemophilia A and 20 percent have hemophilia B. Hemophilia affects mostly males. The chances of having a child with hemophilia are the same for all racial and socioeconomic groups.
Although females rarely have hemophilia they may carry the gene that causes hemophilia and pass it on to their children. How is hemophilia inherited. People with hemophilia are born with the disorder.
You cannot catch it from someone else. It lasts all of your life and it will not go away. Hemophilia occurs mainly in males but females can carry the gene that causes it and may or may not have bleeding problems.
Some children with hemophilia have no family history of the disorder. There is no cure for hemophilia at this time but there is medicine people can. If you are pregnant and think you could be a carrier or if you have a child diagnosed with hemophilia and you are expecting another child it is important that you tell your obstetrician that you are at risk for having a child with hemophilia.
There are three ways to test if you are a carrier. Family Tree Review your family tree. If you have a son with hemophilia and have another son brother father uncle.
Hemophilia affects males from all racial ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Rarely a girl may be born with the disorder. Women are the carriers of hemophilia meaning they do not have the disorder but can pass the affected gene on to their children.
Even though hemophilia is genetic it does occur among families with no prior history. Females have two X chromosomes so if a daughter inherits one X chromosome containing the faulty hemophilia gene from her mother and one normal X. Anyone with a hemophilia gene can pass the gene to their children.
Inheritance pattern for hemophilia in which the mother is a carrier. In this example the father does not have hemophilia.