1. Did the child's parents harm their child? The parents of the 2 year old child did not in any way harm their child. What this little boy suffers from in something that is genetic and therefor was not in any way his parents fault. At times I am sure it feels like that to his parents but legally and statistically they cannot be held accountable. 2. What is the child's probable diagnosis? As the best of my knowledge I believe the two year old child is suffering from an inherited disorder called hemophilia. The Mayo Clinic describes hemophilia as a rare blood disorder that lacks sufficient blood clotting proteins. (Staff, B.M. ((n.d.)). Hemophilia. Retrieved September 27, 2016, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/disease-conditions/hemophilia/basics/treatment/con-20029824 3. …show more content…
If the child was born with this condition, why would his mother be feeling guilty? The mother feels guilty because her son was born with this disorder which in most cases is inherited. According to the Mayo Clinic in most cases hemophilia is inherited, however nearly 30% of children/adults have no family history of the disorder. The 30% suffer from a genetic mutation. (Staff, B.M. ((n.d.)). Hemophilia. Retrieved September 27, 2016, from
According to the National Hemophilia Foundation (n.d.), von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a genetic disorder caused by missing or defective von Willebrand factor (VWF), a clotting protein. VWF binds factor VIII, a key clotting protein, and platelets in blood vessel walls, which help form a platelet plug during the clotting process. The condition is named after Finnish physician Erik von Willebrand, who first described it in the 1920s (National Hemophilia Foundation, n.d.). The seriousness of the bleeding varied between family
A. It 's important to know that hemophilia is not actually a disease or virus. https://my.clevelandclinic.org calls hemophilia "a rare hereditary (inherited) bleeding disorder in which blood cannot clot normally at the site of a wound or injury". This means that it is not contagious, rather it is passed down through genetics. When a hemophiliac gets injured,
Haemophilia is an inherited blood clotting disorder where the blood doesn’t clot properly because there isn’t enough clotting factor VIII or IX in the blood of someone who is affected by haemophilia (ref). There are two types of haemophilia. The most common form, Haemophilia A, or Classic Haemophilia, affects people who are deficient in factor VIII and Haemophilia B, or Christmas Disease, affects people who are deficient in factor IX. Haemophilia can also be referred to as ‘the royal disease’ because it affected royal families in England, Germany, Russia and Spain in the 19th and 20th centuries. Queen Victoria from the English royal family is believed to have carried the altered gene of haemophilia having a factor XI deficiency. In Australia there are approximately 3000 people affect by haemophilia and majority of them are males, with severe haemophilia extremely rare in females, but some females do have lower factor levels and bleeding symptoms. Abnormal bleedings had first been recorded hundreds of years ago, but wasn’t announced publicly until 1803 when a physician from Philadelphia, John Conrad Otto, published an article about a hemorrhagic bleeding disorder that affect mainly males.
Hemophilia is the oldest known hereditary bleeding disorder. There are two types of hemophilia, A and B (Christmas Disease). Low levels or complete absence of a blood protein essential for clotting causes both. Patients with hemophilia A lack the blood clotting protein, factor VIII, and those with hemophilia B lack factor IX. A person with severe hemophilia has less than 1% of the normal amount of a clotting factor - either Factor VIII (8) or Factor IX (9). People without hemophilia have between 50-150% of the normal level of factor VIII or IX. There are about 20,000 hemophilia patients in the United States. Each year, about 400 babies are born with this disorder. Approximately 85% have hemophilia A and the remainder has hemophilia B.
Hemophilia is disorder which may be genetic or sometimes inherited ,which does not have a definite cure as yet. But if one takes good care of himself and proper treatments, people who are suffering from Hemophilia can surely lead a normal and active life.
Hemophilia (sometimes spelled haemophilia) is a rare genetic blood disorder which prevents blood from clotting normally. There are two types of hemophilia, and they are hemophilia A and hemophilia B. Hemophilia A is also called classic hemophilia, and is caused by a mutated or missing factor VIII, which is a clotting protein. Hemophilia B is sometimes called Christmas disease, because the disorder was first reported in a patient with the last name Christmas. Hemophilia B is caused by a mutated or missing factor XI, which is also a clotting protein.
Hemophilia is caused by an inherited X-linked recessive trait with the defective gene found on the X chromosome. Since females have two Xs, even if one of their chromosomes carries the disorder, they won’t usually be affected. Some female carriers of hemophilia can have symptoms of hemophilia, or are considered to have mild hemophilia. Males only have one X chromosome, so if they are a carrier, they also have the disorder. Hemophilia is usually inherited, but there is a rare form of the disorder that isn’t caused by gene mutations. Acquired hemophilia has symptoms such as abnormal bleeding into the skin, muscles or other soft tissue, and it usually begins in adulthood. Acquired hemophilia happens when the body makes proteins called autoantibodies that attack the blood clotting proteins. Causes of acquired hemophilia are usually unknown,but can sometimes be attributed to pregnancy, immune system disorders, cancer, or allergic reactions to drugs.
Hemophilia is an inherited genetic disorder that can affect both males and females, but is seen more frequently in males due to the disorder being x-linked recessive. This disorder effects the human body in a way where a person cannot form blood clots because they lack clotting factors. If someone were to receive a papercut, this event lead to prolonged bleeding. The severity of hemophilia ranges from person to person depending on how abnormal or deficient their coagulation factors are (Tiunstseva et al, 2003). Hemophilia has played an important part in Europe, specifically the royal family. Queen Victoria was a carrier of this genetic disorder. She gave birth to a son who ended up having hemophilia while her other two daughters did not exhibit
The genetic disorder I chose to research was hemophilia. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder where the blood doesn’t clot normally. It occurs, with rare exceptions, usually in men. The cause of hemophilia is a defect in the clotting factor VIII gene, located on the X chromosome. Hemophilia is hereditary also, meaning the children of a carrier, or someone with a mutated gene, may also get it. Some symptoms of hemophilia are excessive bleeding, both internal, which includes large bruises from bleeding into large body muscles, and external, which includes nose bleeds which occur for no apparent reason. Other symptoms are bleeding in the joints, brain, and gums.
The process can be done by infusing prepared factor concentrates and people who have hemophilia eventually learn how to use these infusions on their own in order to stop their bleeding episodes and, by doing the infusions regularly this for the most part can even stop most bleeding episodes from even happening. But it’s going to take good medical care from doctors and nurses who have experience in dealing with people who have the disorder in order to administer preventive solutions. The disorder of hemophilia is a genetic one which means it is inherited, and to this day there is still no cure but treatment to live with this disorder. Hemophilia can and does affect all racial and ethnic groups of people and within those groups it has been found that majority of those with hemophilia are men. Now being that this is inherited let’s look in to the chromosome theory of inheritance, this theory brings forth the idea that the genes are located on chromosomes. This line of thought was based on the experiments of Thomas Hunt Morgan using fruit flies. So, with those findings from the data given it can be deduced that
Hemophilia describes a group of sever congenital coagulation factor deficiencies. It is a lifelong genetic disorder with a prevalence of 1:10,000 birth and that of the most severe form of the disease to be approximately 6% per 1,00,000 Population (1). Depending on the activity of coagulant factor VIII or IX in blood, hemophilia may be labeled as severe (<1% of normal), moderate (1–4%) or mild (5–25%) (2) . hemophilia is characterized by recurrent haemarthroses inside the less muscular padding joints as knees, elbows and ankles joints (3).
Hemophilia, also spelled haemophilia, it is a genetic disease, patient lack of coagulation factors inborn, so the function of blood coagulation is impedimental, also it is not easy to stop the bleeding. Normal blood clotting is made of blood platelet and a part of plasma protein. The function that related to plasma protein of coagulation is coagulation factors. The patient’s blood coagulation factors is less than normal people. When the blood vessel burst, blood is not easy to curdle, so it is difficult to stop the bleeding. Since the patient lack of some coagulation factors, When the blood vessel burst, it’s more difficult to coagulate than normal people, so they will lose more blood.
Haemophilia is an inherited condition that affects the blood’s ability to clot. People with this condition experience prolonged bleeding following an injury
Hemophilia is a very serious bleeding disorder affecting humans all over the world (Mc Partland, 2016). People suspected to be affected by the disorder normally portray physical features associated with either excessive bleeding or easy bruising. The symptoms of the disease are different depending on the type of hemophilia and also the level of the disorder for example severe hemophilia is associated with excessive bleeding after injuries (Zerwekh, Miller, & Claborn, 2012). The degree of
“Hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder characterised by a deficiency in the activity of coagulation factor VIII and IX in plasma, though with normal von Willebrand