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People with hemophilia A often, bleed longer than

Hemophilia A, also called factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency or classic hemophilia, is a genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor VIII, a clotting protein. Although it is passed down from parents to children, about 1/3 of cases are caused by a spontaneous mutation, a change in a gene. All races and ethnic groups are affected. Hemophilia A is four times as common as hemophilia B while more than half of patients with hemophilia A have the severe form of hemophilia.

other people. Bleeds can occur internally, into joints and muscles, or externally, from minor cuts, dental procedures or trauma. How frequently a person bleeds and the severity of those bleeds depends on how much FVIII is in the plasma, the straw-colored Diagnosis:

fluid portion of blood.

HEMOPHILI A

Interventions and Treatment: Labs and Diagnostic Tests: Tests that evaluate clotting time and a patient’s ability to form a clot may be ordered. A clotting factor test, called an assay, will determine the type of hemophilia and its severity.

Potential Complications: Deep internal bleeding. Bleeding that occurs in deep muscle can cause your limbs to swell. Damage to joints. Internal bleeding may also put pressure on your joints, causing severe pain and infection. Adverse reaction to clotting factor treatment.

The best way to treat hemophilia is to replace the missing blood clotting factor so that the blood can clot properly. This is typically done by injecting treatment products, called clotting factor concentrates, into a person's vein  

Plasma-derived Factor Concentrates Recombinant Factor Concentrates

References: https://www.hemophilia.org/Bleeding-Disorders/Types-of-Bleeding-Disorders/Hemophilia-A https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemophilia/treatment.html#:~:text=The%20best%20way%20to%20treat,concentrates%2C%20into%20a %20person's%20vein....