Life expectancy

- full span if injuries are avoided

Occurrence:

-almost exclusively male

-all racial & ethnic background

Quality of life:

-normal life

-usually hemophilia vs should avoid contact sports

TREATMENTS:

- best way to treat hemophilia is to avoid injury

- doctors are able to inject the gene F8 (the coagulation factor) into you through IV.

- multiple tests for hemophilia which detect how long it takes to produce a final fibrin clot and can detect how much F8 is present.