World Haemophilia Day

Friday, May 03, 2019

World Hemophilia Day is an international observance held annually on April 17 by the WFH. It is an awareness day for haemophilia and other bleeding disorders, It was started in 1989 April 17 was chosen in honour of birthday of Frank Schnabel, businessman from Montreal, Canada suffering from severe Haemophilia A.

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.

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