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Bleeding Disorders - Causes - Causes

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Your genes , or other causes such as medical conditions or medicines, can cause bleeding disorders. Sometimes a cause may not be known. Any problem that affects the function or number of clotting factors or platelets can lead to a bleeding disorder.

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Bleeding disorders can be caused by genes that are passed down from your parents. Your genes provide instructions for how each clotting factor is made. If there is a mutation in the gene, then the clotting factor may be made incorrectly or not at all.

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How is hemophilia inherited?

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Inherited hemophilia is caused by a defect in one of the genes for clotting factor VIII or IX. These genes are located on the X chromosomes. A male who has a hemophilia gene on his X chromosome will have hemophilia. When a female has a hemophilia gene on only one of her X chromosomes, she is a hemophilia carrier. If a female inherits a hemophilia gene from both parents, she can get hemophilia, but this happens rarely. Anyone with a hemophilia gene can pass the gene to their children.

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\n Inheritance pattern for hemophilia in which the mother is a carrier. In this example, the father does not have hemophilia. He has two normal chromosomes, X and Y. The mother is a carrier of hemophilia, because she has one hemophilia gene on one X chromosome and one normal X chromosome. Each daughter has a 50% chance of inheriting the hemophilia gene from her mother and being a carrier. Each son has a 50% chance of having hemophilia.  \n
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\n Inheritance pattern for hemophilia in which the father has hemophilia. In this example, the mother is not a hemophilia carrier and has two normal X chromosomes. None of the children will have hemophilia. Each daughter will inherit the hemophilia gene from her father and be a carrier.  \n
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Medical conditions, procedures, or medicines can cause bleeding disorders. Some medical conditions and medicines that lead to bleeding disorders cause your body to produce proteins, called antibodies or inhibitors, that can attack clotting factors.

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Other medical conditions may cause your body to stop making clotting factors or to make too little of them. Certain medical devices or procedures can also affect clotting factors, as the pumping of blood through the area can affect the amounts of clotting factors.

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Learn more in Risk Factors.

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  • Treatment will discuss medicines and clotting factor replacement therapy that your doctors may recommend if you are diagnosed with a bleeding disorder.
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Captured Date: 2019-09-12 15:34:00.0
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