While I never experienced my son’s physical loss, I’ve discovered other ways I feel defeat. I mourn the life free of chronic pain that hishemophiliawon’t let him experience. I hurt when I acknowledge thathis mobility issueskeep him from moving in the world like many people his age. C...
His last haemorrhage was 1 week ago. Upon observing blood in his urine, he administered a dose of factor IX concentrate. Asymptomatic haematuria is a fairly common problem in the general population, with microscopic haematuria often discovered incidentally as part of a routine examination [1] that...
Factor IX concentrate is used in hemophilia B ("Christmas disease"), which is caused by a deficiency of clotting factor IX. Ensuring a Safe Blood Supply There are many tests that are performed on blood to ensure its safety. These tests include checking for: Hepatitis B surface antigen Hepat...
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The very high anti-HBs concentration necessary for a positive reaction with HBsAg in the Ouchterlony technique (as used by Blumberg) was an exception occurring only after repeated exposure to HBsAg. This happened before 1972 in frequently transfused persons as in the case of hemophiliacs. For ...
Inherited bleeding problems, such ashemophilia, are very rare, occurring in 1 in 10,000 women. If you have one of these conditions, such as von Willebrand disease, tell your doctor. What Are the Symptoms and Signs of Bleeding During Pregnancy?
It was a Japanese doctor named Mikau Usui who discovered the principle of Reiki and applied it to therapeutic procedures. However, the principles of Reiki have existed for thousands of years, particularly in ancient Tibet. Reiki practitioners may treat not only people but animals and plants as ...
Since I had never heard of her (the credit usually goes to E. B. Wilson, who independently discovered sex chromosomes the same year), it was delightful to learn that it was she who discovered that the smaller of the sex chromosomes was the male-sex determinant. Bainbridge reassures us ...
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A low level of fibrinogen activity (0.7 g/L by the Clauss method) was discovered in a healthy 47-year-old woman during general health screening. The initial laboratory findings revealed slightly prolonged prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) (Table 2). The pati...