English crown with a hemophilic past

• April 29, 2024

The hemophilia It is a relatively well-known disease, which stands out for its connections with real families. This condition, like others, is related to the degeneration of genetics by marriages in very narrow circles, in which emotional links are involved.

The history of this disease is very old; However, a large part of its dissemination is due to the descendants of the Queen Victoria of England. In those times the so-called "Real Illness" brought decisive consequences in the constitution of Europe, as a continent, and of the royal families.

Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 and had nine children, of whom Leopold was the only hemophiliac male, while Alicia and Beatriz were carriers.

Among the descendants of Queen Victoria, and including her (as carrier), there have been a total of 11 male hemophiliacs plus one or two possible affected, 7 obligate carriers and 76 possible carriers.

Fortunately the new real generation , princes William and Harry, are not carriers of evil. As the following illustration shows.

The Federation of Hemophilia of the Mexican Republic defines this condition as a genetic disorder in the coagulation which affects one in every 5 thousand males born alive. In Mexico more than 6 thousand people suffer it.

The person with this disorder, lacks or does not have enough of one of the coagulation factors usually found in the blood. The most common forms of hemophilia are A and B . People with hemophilia A (classic hemophilia) are deficient in factor VIII, people with hemophilia B (also called Christmas disease) are deficient in factor IX.

It is rare for a woman to have hemophilia; however, it can happen. There is no cure for the disease to disappear. 70% of those who suffer from it have a family history.

Lacking the coagulation factors, patients bleed for a longer time. A person with severe hemophilia may bleed between 35 and 50 times per year . Each bleeding should be treated in a timely and sufficient manner, so that those affected can lead a normal life.