Hemophilia is a disease that causes blood clotting disorders in people who have it. It is a difficult disease to detect, taking an average of 6 years to diagnose. The consequences can be significant, e.g. B. Heavy bleeding in case of injury.
April 17 is World Hemophilia Day. This blood disorder causes prolonged bleeding. About 8,000 people in France suffer from hemophilia. The consequences can be serious, with severe bleeding from injuries and sometimes spontaneous bleeding, especially in the joints. Despite these symptoms, which can be severe for sufferers, it takes an average of 6 years to diagnose.
This is how patients with hemophilia live without knowing it, for lack of diagnosis. Such is the case of Yannick, who, despite warning signs from an early age, was not diagnosed until the age of 46.
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“The fact that I had heavy periods, that I bled when they extracted a tooth, but hey, that’s normal. And the more you bleed, the more there’s an iron deficiency, with a worsened daily life. With the arrival of At menopause, big bleeding came back and that’s where we made a more thorough diagnosis.
Common Symptoms
A delay in diagnosis due to symptoms that at first sight do not seem alarming, explains Professor Yohann Repessé. He is responsible for the hemophilia treatment center at the CHU de Caen: “A diagnosis of hemophilia is based on biological assays. What is complicated is that there are symptoms such as bleeding from ne…
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