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Can Someone With Hemophilia Have A Child. Hemophilia affects males from all racial ethnic and socioeconomic groups. People with hemophilia are born with the disorder. Only about 1 in every 5000 to 10000 boys are born with it. Inheritance pattern for hemophilia in which the mother is a carrier.
Inheritance pattern for hemophilia in which the mother is a carrier. It lasts all of your life and it will not go away. Women are the carriers of hemophilia meaning they do not have the disorder but can pass the affected gene on to their children. There are three ways to test if you are a carrier. Symptoms of hemophilia include. The viral vector carries a working copy of the factor VIII 8 or factor IX 9 gene to the liver cells providing them with the instructions of how to produce the missing factor.
Bruises that are unusual in location or number.
They may have mild bleeding symptoms and can pass the gene to their children. If you are pregnant and think you could be a carrier or if you have a child diagnosed with hemophilia and you are expecting another child it is important that you tell your obstetrician that you are at risk for having a child with hemophilia. Bruises that are unusual in location or number. Gene therapy to treat hemophilia corrects the non-working gene only in the person who receives it. Hemophilia mostly affects boys. Gene therapy does not correct genes passed on to children.