San Jose del Cabo.-Abnormal menstruation, frequent nosebleeds or hemorrhages abundant in surgery or childbirth may be symptoms of hemophilia in women, who are carriers of the disease but seldom develop it, said Friday one is pecialista. In the Hemophilia Forum developed in San José del Cabo (northern Mexico), the pediatrician haematologist Laura Villarreal, Doctor of the University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González, explained that women are classified as “asymptomatic carriers”, but in cases Also develop this condition. ” It is a disease that transmits the woman and suffers the man and is linked to the X chromosome (which determines the sex of a person). If a female carrier has children with a hemophilia The two X are affected and may have hemofílicas daughters, it is the minority, but it happens, “said the specialist. They can also develop the disease carrier mothers who also suffer from Turner syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the development of girls because they are born with the X chromosome incomplete or without it.
Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that affects blood clotting. Photo: Pixabay
Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that affects blood clotting and is characterized by the persistence of difficult-to-control hemorrhages from childhood, which causes damage to the joints of the arms and legs and inability of mild to severe long Term.
Villarreal explained that usually the mothers of males who are asymptomatic carriers have lower levels of factor XIII, a protein that helps to coagulate the blood, compared to the rest of the women so they should receive treatment as If they had the disease. ” They have abundant menstrual periods of eight or 10 days, in their childbirths require transfusion and have surgeries with too much bleeding. Let us not forget that these women, even if they do not become hemofílicas as such, “may have low protein levels and” require treatment to prevent these events, “he pointed out. The low incidence of cases around the world and the lack of knowledge of the disease makes this condition not detected in a timely manner and that the woman can spend years as a doctor without improving her condition. ” If you have no children and you are bleeding you will be looking for many other illnesses before you think you may be hemophilia. The situation is that as it is not thought (that a woman) can have it and if there is no history of the disease, it is difficult to diagnose “for physicians, he pointed out. To detect these cases Villarreal recommended to investigate the mutation in the chromosomes of male patients and women in that family, including minors, with the intention of determining whether or not carriers and have the awareness of Yes can be Pregnant without inheriting that mutation from their children. The specialist pointed out that hemofílicas women can become pregnant without affecting the baby through ‘ in vitro ‘ fertilization with the selection of embryos, however this practice is carried out in few countries due to religious or ethical factors. Hemophilia affects about 400.00 people in the world. In Latin America it is estimated that there are some 58,000 cases, of which 52% have not yet been diagnosed.
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