Blood Disorders: Causes & Risks

  • Causes and Cures of Heavy Bleeding

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Tumors of the pelvic organs could be at fault. A woman who menstruates normally loses little iron during her period, but if you bleed heavily, you may develop anemia. In that case, the doctor will usually stop the bleeding with hormones and advise

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  • Hemophilia - Cause

    08/20/07, Healthwise

    Hemophilia A and B are caused by an inherited defect in a pair of chromosomes. Hemophilia is a sex-linked genetic disease. It is also called an X-linked disease because the defect is on the X chromosome. Fathers pass the defe

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  • Hemophilia - What Increases Your Risk

    08/20/07, Healthwise

    Hemophilia is an inherited genetic disease. The risk of a child inheriting hemophilia depends on the parents' genetic makeup.

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