World Haemophilia Day

What is Haemophilia? Haemophilia is a congenital bleeding disorder mainly affecting men only. Very rarely women are affected. It is of mainly two types: Haemophilia A and Haemophilia B

What causes Haemophilia ? Haemophilia is a congenital bleeding disorder of deficiency or absence of  proteins ,clotting factors FVIII and FIX in type A and B respectively. This disease is a genetic defect transmitted from mother to male baby. Females are the carriers but do not suffer.