What is Haemophilia?

Haemophilia is a very rare bleeding disorder, which occurs due to blood clotting. Only 1,800 males have haemophilia in Australia and with 1 in every 30,000-50,000 males having the disease at birth it is quite unlikely. Women rarely get the disease but women carrying the gene can have bleeding problems.
Haemophilia bleeding is mainly internal, regulary into the muscles and joints.
There are two types of Haemophilia, Haemophilia A(Classic Haemophilia), this happens due to the deficiency of factor VIII. Whilst Haemophilia B (Christmas Disease), is caused by the deficiency of factor IX.
The disease takes place when the factor XI or factor VIII is deficient in the plasma of their blood.