Causes Of Hemophilia

Pregnancy

During pregnancy, levels of one of the clotting factors (protein factor eight) naturally rise. This can make it difficult to determine a woman's normal base rate of clotting agents. Women who carry the hemophilia gene are at an increased risk of serious bleeding during and after delivery. If a woman has low levels of clotting factors, she is particularly at risk of excessive and dangerous bleeding during and after a Cesarean section. Bleeding from the birth canal is normal when giving birth, but hemophilia can cause postpartum hemorrhage, which requires treatment and intervention to stop the bleeding. Hemophilia can also impact the baby before and during birth, and knowing whether the mother is a carrier of the gene will allow doctors to diagnose the infant.

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