Disorders
Disorders can be diseases such as hemophilia where blood does not clot sufficiently, or formation of unwanted blood clots where blood clots unnecessarily. Thrombi (blood clots) can embolize and potentially cause a heart attack or pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal. Many people eventually die because of a disorder of hemostasis.
For patients with these types of hemostasis conditions hemophilia therapy is used to try and help make of for the lack of ability to form blood clots. The best thing for these people is to try and prevent themselves from bleeding. Hemophilia therapy is where the clotting factors that are missing are actually replaced via medications. Most bleedings will stop after one dose but some require multiple treatments.
Read more about this topic: Hemostasis
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