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HEMOPHILIA PHILIPPINES (HAPLOS COMMUNITY) celebrates World Hemophilia Day – 2019.
As part of this celebration, through the courtesy of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines – Museo ni Manuel Quezon, the Quezon Memorial Shrine pylon was lit in red for three
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2018 Hemophilia Needs Assessment Survey Launch
Hemophilia Philippines (HAPLOS Community) Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the “2018 Hemophilia and Other Inherited Bleeding Disorders Needs Assessment Survey”!
This survey was
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Living with Hemophilia
LIVING WITH HEMOPHILIA
Hemophilia is a lifelong, chronic and severe disease from birth. Persons with hemophilia often grow up with all the complications and the difficulties of a rare condition. In
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How is it Treated?
The Medical Treatment of Hemophilia
Clotting Factor Replacement Therapy – infusion (injection into the bloodstream) of factor VIII or IX concentrates, or other blood products to facilitate
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Causes and Symptoms of Hemophilia
What Is Hemophilia?
Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder in which a person lacks or has low levels of certain proteins called “clotting factors” and the blood doesn’t clot properly as a
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Inherited Plated Disorders
Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood. They are involved in the formation of blood clots and the repair of damaged blood vessels.
When a blood vessel is injured, platelets stick to
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Prophylaxis
Prophylaxis is the regular infusion of clotting factor concentrates in order to prevent bleeding.
The idea of prophylaxis came from the observation that people with moderate or mild hemophilia (who
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Inhibitors
Inhibitors are a serious medical problem that can occur when a person with hemophilia has an immune response to treatment with clotting factor concentrates.
The immune system defends the body from
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Carriers and Women with Hemophilia
For many years, people believed that only men could have symptoms of hemophilia and that women who “carry” the hemophilia gene do not experience symptoms themselves.
We now know that many
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What is Hemophilia
WHAT IS HEMOPHILIA?
Hemophilia is a rare, in-born, life-long congenital bleeding disorder, affecting mostly males. Due to a defective gene, the body of a person with hemophilia does not produce
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