Bumps and scrapes are a part of every child's life. For most kids, a tumble off a bike or a stray kick in a soccer game means a temporary bruise or a healing scab. However, for kids with hemophilia, these normal traumas of childhood are reason for extra concern. Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder that prevents the blood from clotting properly. Currently, about 17,000 people in the United States have hemophilia. About 1 in every 5,000 boys is born with hemophilia; girls are more rarely affected by this genetic condition linked to gender. A male can't pass the gene for hemophilia to his sons, though all his daughters will be carriers of the disease gene. Each male child of a female carrier has a 50% chance of having hemophilia.
When i was 13, i experienced my first left knee internal bleeding and it didn't stop until a year. I had to drink steroids so that the blood would stop bleeding and it is very rare that steroids or Prednisone help at all and luckily, it worked on me. Before i got back to normal, i got very fat and there were times that i had to walk with an umbrella. My dad wanted me to go to school on a wheel chair but i refused. Now, i am very careful with everything that i do. I'm scared of sharp object.
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