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Living With Haemophilia
Hardback Edition: 5
This text is a complete guide to haemophilia and related disorders. Written primarily for affected families, the book also provides an up-to-date guide for doctors, paramedical staff, including nurses and physiotherapists, and teachers. It explains the inheritance of haemophilia, bleeding episodes and how to control
them, safe treatment including home therapy and prophylaxis, and the prospects for a genetic cure. Other coverage includes: sex and family planning; childhood with haemophilia; education and employment; sports and travel; previous side effects of treatment including HIV and AIDS.This accessible book aims to dispel the myths and raise awareness of the realities of haemophilia. It takes a positive approach to physical development and encourages the pursuit of healthy, active and fruitful living. Peter Jones shows how, with the right care, theperson with haemophilia can live an active and normal life.
Contents:
Haemophilia: What is haemophilia; Growing up with haemophilia. Medical background: Bleeding and clotting; The causes of bleeding disorders; When and what to treat - bleeding episodes; What to use - therapeutic materials; How to treat - home therapy, prophylaxis, venepuncture; Physiotherapy; Surgery. Problems: Inhibitors; Side-effects of treatment, including transfusion-transmitted infection; Coping without treatment - the developing world. Families with haemophilia: Keeping healthy; Planning a family; Towards a career - education and employment. Towards a cure: Towards a cure. Appendices: Background information; Products containing aspirin; A Charter for people with haemophilia; History of haemophilia; World federation of hemophilia.
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Contents:
Haemophilia: What is haemophilia; Growing up with haemophilia. Medical background: Bleeding and clotting; The causes of bleeding disorders; When and what to treat - bleeding episodes; What to use - therapeutic materials; How to treat - home therapy, prophylaxis, venepuncture; Physiotherapy; Surgery. Problems: Inhibitors; Side-effects of treatment, including transfusion-transmitted infection; Coping without treatment - the developing world. Families with haemophilia: Keeping healthy; Planning a family; Towards a career - education and employment. Towards a cure: Towards a cure. Appendices: Background information; Products containing aspirin; A Charter for people with haemophilia; History of haemophilia; World federation of hemophilia.
Pages : 321
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Publication date : 2002-05-16
Subjects: Medicine, Haematology