Symptoms of pain, anxiety, and depression generally increased with disease severity in people with hemophilia and were also associated with a lower quality of life, according to a recent survey involving patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. While many surveyed individuals felt their pain was adequately addressed in the clinic, fewer…
CSL Behring will donate 500 million international units (IUs) of coagulation factor therapy to the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) in an effort to promote reliable access to treatment for bleeding disorders, including hemophilia, across more than 60 developing countries. The donation marks the fifth multiyear…
Excessive bleeding after oral surgery led to two people in China, both with normal pre-operative blood clotting tests, being diagnosed with hemophilia A, according to a recent case report. Mild hemophilia can go undetected in standard laboratory tests, and oral surgeons need to be prepared for such cases, the research…
Structural joint damage and significant pain are evident in the ankles of people with hemophilia, but the two were not found to be related to one another in a recent study. Researchers suspect that ankle pain may originate in the somatosensory nervous system, which relays nerve signals from the…
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