The letters start arriving in October. There are plan summaries, notices of benefit changes, and a glossy booklet with a smiling family on the cover. I’m fairly sure that family has never called a specialty pharmacy to ask where their delivery went. For most people, open enrollment is a chore.
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Bleeding that persists or restarts after dental procedures may be an important warning sign of previously undiagnosed mild hemophilia, a systematic review of published case reports suggests. Across seven reports involving eight people, delayed and persistent bleeding — in most cases after a tooth extraction — prompted further testing…
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When our sons were younger, my wife, Cazandra, and I struggled to balance our jobs, our relationship, and their very different needs. When our younger son, Caeleb, was between the ages of 5 and 8, complications from his hemophilia repeatedly knocked us to our knees. I often felt…
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Sometimes, when my husband, Jared, self-infuses, I can tell when something has shifted. He has severe hemophilia B and has been self-infusing for years. He knows the process. He knows his veins. He knows how to prepare his factor and what needs to happen next. But if he…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) shows promise for helping doctors diagnose hemophilia, detect joint complications, and predict disease severity and other clinical outcomes, a review of published studies suggested. “However, methodological [diversity], limited external validation, and the scarcity of studies … remain important barriers to routine clinical implementation,” the researchers wrote.
Becoming educated and informed about hemophilia is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your hemophilia journey.
There is no cure for hemophilia yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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