MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Factor V Deficiency Provides brief information about this inherited bleeding disorder, which is similar to hemophilia. Includes causes, symptoms, and prognosis. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000550.htm
Extractions: @import url(/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Blood clot formation Blood clots Alternative names Return to top Parahemophilia; Owren's disease Definition Return to top Factor V deficiency is an inherited abnormal blood coagulation disorder caused by a deficiency of the plasma protein Factor V. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Normal blood coagulation is a complex process involving as many as 20 different plasma proteins, which are known as blood coagulation factors. A series of complex chemical reactions using these factors takes place very rapidly to form an insoluble protein called fibrin that stops bleeding. In this disorder, bleeding ranges from mild to severe. When certain coagulation factors are deficient or missing, the chain reaction does not take place normally. Factor V is rare, and can be caused by inheriting a defective Factor V gene or by acquiring an antibody that interferes with normal Factor V function. An inhibitor of Factor V can be acquired after giving birth, after surgery, with automimmune diseases and certain cancers, in patients being treated wtih a certain type of fibrin glue, and from unknown sources.
Octagen Corporation | Developing New Therapies For Hemophilia Privately held company developing therapies for hemophilia and other genetic disorders, using recombinant Factor VIII and gene therapy. Includes clinical trial status, licensing, corporate profile and contacts in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. http://www.octagen.com/
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Extractions: htmlAdWH('93212823', '728', '90'); Main Other Disabilities CNN, MSNBC, ... FOX NEWS Growing up and living with Hemophilia... I am 26 years old, living with severe Hemophilia A. As a kid, dealing with hemophilia and/or other types of bleeding disorders is a little bit more difficult than when you get older. When I was a young kid, I had to learn what my body could handle without causing internal bleeding. I wanted to play football, I wanted to wrestle, I wanted to jump on our trampoline with my older sister and cousins.. :) just had to learn the hard way in some of those cases.. well, this is me.. just chillin gettin ready to head out for a bit.. I'm a very romantic guy, always out to please my lady.. ;) My main interests are camping, rafting, hiking, rock climbing, boating, playing the lastest video games, fixin up my car, checkin out the stars at night when its clear. I am a counselor for a youth camp for kids with bleeding disorders, helping kids have a chance to experience activities that they otherwise would not have the opportunity to fully participate in. E-mail me for additional information about camp.
Hemophilia hemophilia resources, support groups, clinics with genetic counselors and geneticists. http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/hemophil.html
FAMOHIO Hemophilia Home Page Promotes the sharing of knowledge, experiences and concerns among those individuals with hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. http://www.famohio.org/
Extractions: Welcome To FAMOHIO ! FAMOHIO promotes the sharing of knowledge, experiences and concerns among those individuals with hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. FAMOHIO is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. Click on the FAMOHIO logo to enter the main site or select one of the shortcuts below. Visitors To FAMOHIO Portions of the FAMOHIO web site were last updated on August 30, 2005 FAMOHIO 2006 will be August 4 - 6 in Columbus, Ohio. FAMOHIO, Inc
Care For Life Provides products and therapies designed to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. http://www.careforlife.com/
Extractions: Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding. Genetic deficiencies (or, very rarely, an autoimmune disorder) cause lowered plasma clotting factor activity so as to compromise blood-clotting; when a blood vessel is injured, a scab will not form and the vessel can continue to bleed excessively for a very long period of time. The bleeding can be external, if the skin is broken by a scrape, cut or abrasion, or it can be internal, into muscles, joints or hollow organs. Causes Haemophilia is generally caused by a mutation affecting the genes encoding one of the clotting factors. The genes for the most common form, Haemophilia A , are located on the X chromosome, so haemophilia is usually a sex-linked trait. Women have two X-chromosomes, whereas men have one X and one Y chromosome. Since the mutations causing the disease are recessive, a woman carrying the defect on one of her X-chromosomes will not be affected by it, as the equivalent allele on her other chromosome would express itself to produce the necessary clotting factors. However the Y-chromosome in men has no gene for factors VIII or IX. If the gene responsible for blood clotting on a man's X-chromosome is deficient there is no equivalent on the Y-chromosome, so the deficient gene is not masked by the dominant allele and he will develop the illness. Since a man receives his single X-chromosome from his mother, the son of a healthy woman silently carrying the deficient gene will have a 50% chance of inheriting that gene from her and with it the disease. In contrast, for a woman 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 men than women. However, haemophiliac daughters are more common than they once were, as improved treatment for haemophilia means that more men survive to adulthood and become parents. Adult women with haemophilia menstruate periodically, so they must take clotting factor to survive.
Extractions: MASAC Document #130 MASAC Recommendation Regarding the Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound to Aid in Blood Resorption The following recommendation was approved by the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council (MASAC) of the National Hemophilia Foundation on March 24, 2002, and adopted by the NHF Board of Directors on April 15, 2002. Background Therapeutic ultrasound is a physical modality in which nonionizing radiation, in the form of sound, is transferred to the body's tissues and absorbed as heat. It is applied at frequencies of 1.0 MHz and 3.0 MHz and is the most commonly used deep-heating modality, capable of reaching depths of five centimeters and more below body surface. Ultrasound, like short-wave diathermy, may be applied in the continuous format or in pulsed waves to apply therapeutic heat and nonthermal effects. One intended use of ultrasound is to achieve the benefits of deep heating. As with other methods of therapeutic heat, the use of ultrasound in this capacity is thought to increase collagen extensibility, circulation, pain threshold, enzymatic activity, cell membrane permeability, and nerve conduction velocity. Conversely, use of ultrasound in the pulsed mode has been proposed to have the nonthermal effects of acoustic streaming, cavitation, and micromassage caused by the mechanical vibration of the sound waves. Nonthermal benefits are reported to increase cellular activity and protein synthesis and to decrease edema. Until recently, ultrasound was applied clinically in hopes of gaining the above benefits, based on a limited theoretical basis. However, in a recent review published by Baker et al. in
Royal Hemophilia Pedigree A Pedigree of hemophilia in the Royal Families of Europe World Federation of hemophilia National hemophilia Foundation hemophilia Home Page http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/roylhema.html
FACTOR FOUNDATION HOME Locating financial support for those dealing with hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. Membership. http://www.factorfoundation.org/
Hemophilia Of Iowa, Inc What is hemophilia? Chapter Profile Social Events and Activities The BloodLink Contact Information Other Important Links http://www.hemophiliaofiowa.org/
Welcome To The Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation Organization provides social, emotional, psychological and educational support for families of children with critical illnesses including HIV/AIDS, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, cancer, and immunological and renal diseases. http://nvccf.org
Extractions: The Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, working side-by-side with the medical team, provides social, emotional, educational and psychological support services to families of all children who are diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell anemia and other immunological diseases. 12th Annual
How To Deal With Hemophilia If a person has hemophilia, his blood doesn t clot as it should. What does that mean? Find out in this article for kids. http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/blood/hemophilia.html
Extractions: Hemophilia (say: hee-muh- fih -lee-uh) is a genetic disorder in which a person's blood does not clot properly. "Hemo" means blood and "philia" means a tendency toward. A person who has hemophilia has a tendency to bleed excessively. Think of the last time you had a cut or scrape. When the bleeding stops on its own, you're seeing clotting in action. A Bit About Blood If your blood is clotting normally, your body naturally protects itself. Platelets , which are "sticky cells," go to where the bleeding occurs and cover the hole, plugging it up. This is the first step in the clotting process. When the platelets plug the hole, they release chemicals that attract more sticky platelets and also activate various clotting factors, which are proteins in the blood. These proteins mix with the platelets to form fibers, which make the clot stronger and stop the bleeding. Our bodies have 12 clotting factors that work together to make fibrinogen (say: fy- brih -nuh-jun), the substance that makes the fibers. Trouble begins if the body is missing one of these factors.
Hemophilia For guys with a rare bleeding disorder called hemophilia, minor cuts and bruises can be a big deal. The good news is that it s a lot easier to control now http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/blood/hemophilia.html
Extractions: Hemophilia is a disease that prevents a person's blood from clotting properly, which means that the person bleeds more than a person without hemophilia does. It's a genetic disorder, which means it's the result of a change in genes that's either inherited (passed on from parent to child) or that happens during development in the womb. "Hemo" means blood and "philia" means a tendency toward. A person who has hemophilia has a tendency to bleed excessively. Hemophilia affects mostly boys, although it's very rare: Only about one in every 8,000 boys is born with hemophilia. The disease can affect people of any race or nationality. For most people, when they get a cut, the body naturally protects itself. Sticky cells in the blood called platelets go to where the bleeding is and plug up the hole. This is the first step in the clotting process. When the platelets plug the hole, they release chemicals that attract more sticky platelets and also activate various proteins in the blood known as
Welcome To HFA The hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization HFA provides HAWC (hemophilia Adult Weekend Camp) information and registration http://www.hemophiliafed.org/
Extractions: (advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Emergency Medicine Hematology And Oncology Last Updated: June 23, 2004 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 10 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Brendan R Furlong, MD , Clinical Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital Coauthor(s): Mary A Furlong, MD , Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine Brendan R Furlong, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians Editor(s): William Gossman, MD , Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Project Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD