Hi, David. I have been at Cardeza Foundation at Thomas Jefferson for decades. Chris Ramsey
I have von Willebrands disease. I really don’t know much about it. I was told its a relatively minor case but that’sall i know. I don’t know what to expect with this disease and have a lot of body pain and headaches. I’m not sure if any of this is from vwd or if it’smy other conditions.
I am curious, my husband has O negative blood and his friend also has negative blood. These are the only 2 hemophiliacs I know. I was wondering if there is a correlation with negative blood and hemophilia? Also, my husband has a MTHFR mutation, which makes his body less able to detox, among other things. I do not know about his friend’s status on this, but we found out through 23&me and genetic genie. Does anyone else know their status as far as blood type and/or MTHFR mutation, specifically 677… read more
My oldest son was A positive blood type; second son was 0 positive blood type, both had hemophilia VIII-severe
Hi, my 3 year old son has moderate hemophilia, level 3.
He had a nasty bruise on his forehead that has swelled up to a golf ball size, and has rebled a little.
Apart from trans acid, is there anything any of you guys have used to stop the bleeding and support recovery?
We are very worried
Thanks so much
David
When my son was small he seemed to get those at least twice monthly. I discovered an ace bandage around his head with a small soft ice pack tucked inside helped get rid of them or keep them from… read more
Isn’t pain relative to the person that feels it. Since I’ve grown up bleeding I don’t try to compare to a “normal” who hasn’t had regular bleeds. I only compare my pain to myself. So if you are… read more
Who recommend me a good adult doctor for hemophilia in San Antonio my Sinn has been seeing by the children's hospital but is the children's clinic and we are looking for an adult hematology doctor who recommend a good one
I would research you local hemophilia chapter or National hemophilia association or American Hemophilia Association they can recommend and HTC hemophilia treatment center. The hemotology does not… read more
Received SSI until age of 26 then income interfere with it since 2006 been replying use all my work credits and been turn down for SSI they stated my condition has improved how do I go about getting lawyer or help getting this back low income no health insurance has really caused my condition to worsen
SSI is for poor people, SSDI is for people too disabled to work. They both have income and asset requirements. Like you can have two cars or $10,000 in the bank etc. the hemo clinic found me a lawyer… read more
Hello, I was wondering if anyone with hemophilia has had bariatric surgery or any Marjory surgery? I was wondering how the surgery went and if there were any complications? I am considering surgery . Even though I have a very mild form of hemophilia one surgeon said he wouldn't risk it and the other one said it's no big deal?. I was just looking for advice from others who has been through it and the out comes..
Sorry, I know it's been awhile, and you may have had your procedure already. I have had extensive surgeries done, and with preplanning and my HTC doctor's orders in place, I have not had problems… read more