Could dr's diagnose you and give you a certain time to live if you've got hemophilia?how serious is it?

Question

Could dr's diagnose you and give you a certain time to live if you've got hemophilia?how serious is it?

Answer 1

its genetic disease ,the only cure is factor 8 replacement,u can die from unstoppable bleeding ,even minor cuts bleed so long due to clotting defect ,the cause of death is mostly in unrecognized cases with bleeding to death either internally or externally ,bl;eeding into joints deformities ,intracranial ..its a disease which is diagnosed early in life and treated forever

Answer 2

   People with Hemophilia can and do live long lives. The key to this is advancements in modern medicine. Factor replacement and access to it is the real key. The more popular treatments that I see is known as "Recombinant Factor". The important thing to remember about recombinant Factor is that is has no human blood in it. The reason that is important is there is no need to worry about diseases such HIV.

  To your second question "How serious is it". Its always serious. The key again is access to Factor replacement. Hemophilia is not one trick pony. There can be mild Hemophilics. A doctor will run a blood test and from that can tell you at what % your blood cloting factor works. Mine for example is 18% that puts me in the "mild Hemophilia". If I was between 1% -5% I would get factor about 3 times a week. At that level many infuse factor to be on the safe side and to imporve the overall quailty of life.  At 18% I need Factor about twice a year. I hope this answers some of your questions. Feel free to contact me if you have anymore questions or are still unclear on some issues.

Answer 3

Yes doctors can diagnose you, and you don't only have a certain time to live when you have hemophilia.  Some people can live very long lives even though they have hemophelia, it just all depends on wether or not you get hurt and lose enough blood to kill you..