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| Caption        = 17-year-old hemophiliac has a pseudotumor of the calcaneus that expands the bone and has stimulated dense new bone formation. <br> <small> [http://www.peir.net Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology] </small>
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{{SK}} Haemophilia, hemophilia, Bleeder's disease


==Overview==
==[[Hemophilia overview|Overview]]==


'''Hemophilia''' or '''haemophilia''' is the name of a family of [[heredity|hereditary]] [[genetic illness]]es that impair the body's ability to control [[coagulation]].
==[[Hemophilia historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==


==Differential Diagnosis==
==[[Hemophilia classification|Classification]]==
Hemophilia A can be mimicked by [[von Willebrand Disease]]
* von Willebrand Disease type 2A, where decreased levels of von Willebrand Factor can lead to premature proteolysis of Factor VIII. In contrast to haemophilia, vWD type 2A is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.
* von Willebrand Disease type 2N, where von Willebrand Factor cannot bind Factor VIII
* von Willebrand Disease type 3, where lack of von Willebrand Factor causes premature proteolysis of Factor VIII. In contrast to haemophilia, vWD type 3 is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion.


==Presentation==
==[[Hemophilia pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==
Genetic deficiencies and a rare [[autoimmune disorder]] may lower plasma [[clotting factor]] levels of coagulation factors needed for a normal clotting process.  When a blood vessel is injured, a temporary scab does form, but the missing coagulation factors prevent fibrin formation which is necessary to maintain the blood clot.  Therefore, there is no increase in bleeding time with haemophilia because platelets are intact, allowing the formation of these temporary hemostatic plugs (clots).  However, "late" bleeding is affected, because these hemostatic plugs are not able to be maintained.


The bleeding with [[hemorrhage|external]] injury is normal, but incidence of late re-bleeding and [[internal bleeding]] is increased, especially into muscles, joints, or bleeding into closed spaces. Major complications include [[hemarthrosis]], [[hemorrhage]], [[Gastrointestinal bleeding]], and [[menorrhagia]].
==[[Hemophilia differential diagnosis|Differentiating Hemophilia from other Diseases]]==


==Causes==
==[[Hemophilia epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]==
It is caused by a lack of clotting factors:
* [[Hemophilia A]] has a lack of the clotting [[Factor VIII]]. ([[Hemophilia A]] occurs in 90% of cases.)
* [[Hemophilia B]] has a lack of the clotting [[Factor IX]].
* [[Hemophilia C]] has a lack of the clotting [[Factor XI]].


==History==
==[[Hemophilia risk factors|Risk Factors]]==
The first record of haemophilia is in the Talmud, Jewish holy text, which states that males did not have to be circumcised if two brothers had already died from the procedure. In the 12th century, the Arab physician Albucasis wrote of a family whose males died of bleeding after minor injuries. Then, in 1803, Dr. John Conrad Otto, a Philadelphia physician, wrote an account about "a hemorrhagic disposition existing in certain families." He recognised that the disorder was hereditary and that it affected males and rarely females. He was able to trace the disease back to a woman who settled near Plymouth in 1720. The first usage of the term "haemophilia" appears in a description of the condition written by Hopff at the University of Zurich in 1828.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hemophilia.ca/en/2.1.2.php |title=The History of haemophilia |accessdate=2007-06-27 |format= |work=}}</ref> In 1937, Patek and Taylor, two doctors from Harvard, discovered [[Factor VII|anti-haemophilic globulin]]. Pavlosky, a doctor from Buenos Aires, found [[Hemophilia A]] and [[Hemophilia B]] to be separate diseases by doing a lab test. This test was done by transferring the blood of one haemophiliac to another haemophiliac. The fact that this corrected the clotting problem showed that there was more than one form of haemophilia.
:''See main article at [[Haemophilia in European royalty]]''


Haemophilia figured prominently in the history of European royalty and thus is sometimes known as "the royal disease". Queen Victoria passed the mutation to her son Leopold and, through several of her daughters, to various royals across the continent, including the royal families of Spain, Germany, and Russia. Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, son of Nicholas II, was a descendant of Queen Victoria and suffered from haemophilia.
==[[Hemophilia screening|Screening]]==


Prior to 1985, there were no laws enacted to screen blood, even though the technology existed. Corporations decided that the deaths of thousands of young men were more cost efficient than the instalation and usage of the screening equipment.  As a result, many haemophilia patients who received untested and unscreened clotting factor prior to 1992 were at an extreme risk for contracting [[HIV]] and [[Hepatitis C]] via these blood products. At a rate of over 90% of the Haemophilia population, over 10,000 people contracted HIV from the tainted blood supply in the United States alone.
==[[Hemophilia natural history, complications and prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]==


About 18,000 people in the United States have haemophilia. Each year, about 400 babies are born with the disorder. Haemophilia usually occurs in males and less often in females.
==Diagnosis==


In the UK we now know that of every four baby boys born with Haemophilia, one will be born to a family with no previous history of the condition.
[[Hemophilia history and symptoms|History and Symptoms ]] | [[ Hemophilia physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Hemophilia laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Hemophilia CT|CT]] | [[Hemophilia MRI|MRI]] | [[Hemophilia echocardiography or ultrasound|Echocardiography or Ultrasound]] | [[Hemophilia other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Hemophilia other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]
 
==Genetic structure==
[[Image:XlinkRecessive.jpg|left|thumb|150px|X-linked recessive inheritance]]
Females possess two X-chromosomes, whereas males have one X and one [[Y chromosome]]. Since the mutations causing the disease are [[recessive gene|recessive]], a woman carrying the defect on one of her X-chromosomes may not be affected by it, as the equivalent [[allele]] on her other chromosome should express itself to produce the necessary clotting factors. However the Y-chromosome in men has no [[gene]] for factors VIII or IX.
 
If the genes responsible for production of [[factor VIII]] or [[factor IX]] present on a male's X-chromosome is deficient there is no equivalent on the Y-chromosome, so the deficient gene is not masked by the [[autosomal|dominant]] allele and he will develop the illness.
 
Since a male receives his single X-chromosome from his mother, the son of a healthy female silently carrying the deficient gene will have a 50% chance of inheriting that gene from her and with it the disease; and if his mother is affected with haemophilia, he will have a 100% chance of being a haemophiliac.
 
In contrast, for a female to inherit the disease, she must receive two deficient X-chromosomes, one from her mother and the other from her father (who must therefore be a haemophiliac himself). Hence haemophilia is far more common among males than females. However it is possible for female carriers to become mild haemophiliacs due to [[lyonisation]] of the X chromosomes.
 
Haemophiliac daughters are more common than they once were, as improved treatments for the disease have allowed more haemophiliac males to survive to adulthood and become parents. Adult females may experience [[menorrhagia]] (heavy periods) due to the bleeding tendency. The pattern of inheritance is criss-cross type. This type of pattern is also seen in [[color blindness]]
 
As with all genetic disorders, it is of course also possible for a human to acquire it spontaneously ([[mutation|de novo]]), rather than inheriting it, because of a new mutation in one of their parents' gametes. Spontaneous mutations account for about ⅓ of all [[haemophilia A]] and 20% of all [[haemophilia B]] cases.
 
[[Genetic testing]] and [[genetic counseling]] is recommended for families with haemophilia.  [[Prenatal testing]], such as [[amniocentesis]], is available to pregnant women who may be carriers of the condition.
 
===Probability===
 
If a female gives birth to a haemophiliac child, either the female is a carrier for the disease or the haemophilia was the result of a [[mutation|spontaneous mutation]]. Until modern direct [[Genetic fingerprinting|DNA testing]], however, it was impossible to determine if a female with only healthy children was a carrier or not. Generally, the more healthy sons she bore, the higher the probability that she was not a carrier. If the [[Rhesus blood group system|RH factor]] of the born male is different from the mother, the child will not be affected.
 
If a male is afflicted with the disease and has children, his daughters will be carriers of haemophilia.  His sons, however, will not be affected with the disease.  This is because the disease is X-linked and the father can not pass haemophilia through the Y chromosome.
 
==Diagnostic Findings <small> <ref>Hermann, G, Gilbert, MS, Abdelwahab, IF [http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/158/1/119 Hemophilia: evaluation of musculoskeletal involvement with CT, sonography, and MR imaging]. Am. J. Roentgenol. 1992 158: 119-123.</ref> <ref>Jaume Llauger, Jaume Palmer, Núria Rosón, Sílvia Bagué, Àngels Camins, and Rosa Cremades. [http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/suppl_1/S263 Nonseptic Monoarthritis: Imaging Features with Clinical and Histopathologic Correlation.] RadioGraphics 2000 20: 263S-278S.</ref> </small>==
 
Findings vary greatly with the different stages of hemophilic arthropathy (acute, subacute, or chronic hemarthrosis)
 
Images reflect the presence of hemarthrosis (joint effusion), synovial inflammation and hyperemia ([[osteoporosis]] and epiphyseal overgrowth), chondral erosions and subchondral resorption (osseous erosions and cysts), cartilaginous denudation (joint space narrowing), intraosseous or subperiosteal hemorrhage (pseudotumors), and osseous proliferation (sclerosis and [[osteophyte]]s).
 
Some abnormalities of osseous shape, such as '''widening of the intercondylar notch, flattening of the condylar surface, or squaring of the patella, are very characteristic of chronic hemarthrosis of the knee'''.
 
* The clinical and radiologic features of patients with classic hemophilia and Christmas disease are virtually identical.
* Hemorrhage most often occurs in the synovial joints. In descending order, the knee, ankle, elbow, shoulder, and hip are involved.
* Repetitive bleeding into the musculoskeletal system is the most common complication of both conditions.
* Bleeding into the joints leads to hemophilic arthropathy.
* Bleeding into muscles causes joint contractures
* Bleeding into bone and adjacent soft tissues results in osseous and soft-tissue pseudotumors.
 
===X-ray===
 
([http://www.radswiki.net Images courtesy of RadsWiki])
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia-001.jpg|Hemophilic arthropathy involving the bilateral knees
Image:Hemophilia-002.jpg|Hemophilic arthropathy involving the bilateral knees
Image:Hemophilia-003.jpg|Hemophilic arthropathy involving the bilateral knees
Image:Hemophilia-004.jpg|Hemophilic arthropathy involving the bilateral knees
</gallery>
 
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia_ankle_101.jpg|X-ray of the ankle in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia_ankle_102.jpg|X-ray of the ankle in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia_ankle_103.jpg|X-ray of the ankle in a patient with Hemophilia
</gallery>
 
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia_knee_101.jpg|X-ray of the knee in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia_knee_102.jpg|X-ray of the knee in a patient with Hemophilia
</gallery>
 
===Computed Tomography===
 
([http://www.radswiki.net Images courtesy of RadsWiki])
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia-kidney-001.jpg|CT: Hemophilia. Bleeding into Kidney
Image:Hemophilia-kidney-002.jpg|CT: Hemophilia. Bleeding into Kidney
Image:Hemophilia-kidney-003.jpg|CT: Hemophilia. Bleeding into Kidney
</gallery>
 
===MRI===
 
([http://www.radswiki.net Images courtesy of RadsWiki])
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia ankle MRI 104.jpg|Ankle MRI in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia ankle MRI 105.jpg|Ankle MRI in a patient with Hemophilia
</gallery>
 
 
<gallery>
Image:Hemophilia knee MRI 103.jpg|Knee MRI in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia knee MRI 104.jpg|Knee MRI in a patient with Hemophilia
Image:Hemophilia knee MRI 105.jpg|Knee MRI in a patient with Hemophilia
</gallery>


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
[[Hemophilia medical therapy|Medical Therapy]]  | [[Hemophilia secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Hemophilia cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] |  [[Hemophilia future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]


Though there is no cure for haemophilia, it can be controlled with '''regular infusions''' of the deficient clotting factor, i.e. [[factor VIII]] in haemophilia A or [[factor IX]] in haemophilia B. Some haemophiliacs develop antibodies (inhibitors) against the replacement factors given to them, so the amount of the factor has to be increased or non-human replacement products must be given, such as [[porcine]] factor VIII Troy.
==Case Studies==
 
[[Hemophilia case study one|Case #1]]
If a patient becomes refractory to replacement coagulation factor as a result of circulating inhibitors, this may be overcome with recombinant human [[factor VII]] (NovoSeven®), which is registered for this indication in many countries.


In western countries, common standards of care fall into one of two categories: prophylaxis or on-demand. Prophylaxis involves the infusion of clotting factor on a regular schedule in order to keep clotting levels sufficiently high to prevent spontaneous bleeding episodes. On-demand treatment involves treating bleeding episodes once they arise. In 2007, a clinical trial was published in the New England Journal of Medicine comparing on-demand treatment of boys (< 30 months) with Haemophilia A with prophylactic treatment (infusions of 25 IU/kg body weight of [[Factor VIII]] every other day) in respect to its effect on the prevention of joint-diseases. When the boys reached 6 years of age, 93% of those in the prophylaxis group and 55% of those in the episodic-therapy group had a normal index joint-structure on [[MRI]]. <ref>  Manco-Johnson MJ, Abshire TC, Shapiro AD, Riske B, Hacker MR, Kilcoyne R, Ingram JD, Manco-Johnson ML, Funk S, Jacobson L, Valentino LA, Hoots WK, Buchanan GR, DiMichele D, Recht M, Brown D, Leissinger C, Bleak S, Cohen A, Mathew P, Matsunaga A, Medeiros D, Nugent D, Thomas GA, Thompson AA, McRedmond K, Soucie JM, Austin H, Evatt BL. Prophylaxis versus episodic treatment to prevent joint disease in boys with severe haemophilia. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 9;357(6):535-44. PMID 17687129 </ref> Prophylactic treatment, however, resulted in average costs of $300,000 per year. The author of an editorial published in the same issue of the New England Journal of Medicine demands more clinical studies addressing the cost-effectiveness of prophylactic treatment. <ref> Roosendaal G, Lafeber F. Prophylactic treatment for prevention of joint disease in haemophilia--cost versus benefit. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 9;357(6):603-5. PMID 17687136  </ref>


As a direct result of the contamination of the blood supply in the late 1970s and early/mid 1980s with viruses such as [[Hepatitis]] and [[HIV]], new methods were developed in the production of clotting factor products. The initial response was to heat-treat ([[pasteurize]]) plasma-derived factor concentrate, followed by the development of monoclonal factor concentrates, which use a combination of heat treatment and affinity chromatography to inactivate any viral agents in the pooled plasma from which the factor concentrate is derived. The [[Lindsay Tribunal]] in Ireland investigated, among other things, the slow adoption of the new methods.


Since 1993 (Dr. Mary Nugent), recombinant factor products (which are typically cultured in Chinese hamster ovary ([[Chinese Hamster Ovary cell|CHO]]) tissue culture cells and involve little, if any human plasma products) have become available and are widely used in wealthier western countries. While recombinant clotting factor products offer higher purity and safety, they are, like concentrate, extremely expensive, and not generally available in the developing world. In many cases, factor products of any sort are difficult to obtain in developing countries.
It was claimed that Rasputin was successful at treating the Tsarevich Alexei of Russia's haemophilia: however, to this day it is unclear how he accomplished this.
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External Links==
*[http://goldminer.arrs.org/search.php?query=hemophilia Goldminer: Hemophilia]
* [http://jul.2003.med-bib.com/12828679.htm Immune tolerance induction in patients with haemophilia A with inhibitors]
* [http://www.hemophilia.org National Hemophilia Foundation]
* [http://www.wfh.org/2/1/1_1_3_Link1_Timeline.htm Haemophilia timeline]
* [http://www.haemophilia.org.uk UK Haemophilia Society (charity)]
* [http://www.ehc.eu European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC)]
* [http://www.haemophilia.org.au Haemophilia Foundation Australia (HFA)]
* [http://www.wfh.org World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)]
* [http://www.haemophiliacare.co.uk Heamophiliacare.co.uk - A resource for patients and carers sponsored by Baxter Healthcare]
* [http://www.taintedblood.info Tainted Blood]
* [http://www.birchgrovegroup.org Birchgrove Group: self-help group for people with Haemophilia and HIV]
* [http://www.livingstories.org.uk Living Stories]
* [http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/blood/hemophilia.html Simple haemophilia overview]


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