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According to the dictionary Hemophilia is a hereditary disorder in which the blood fails to clot normally, causing prolonged bleeding from even minor injuries. This is only the very basis of this disorder.

First of all there are two kinds of Hemophilia. Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B. Hemophilia A is caused by lack of protein factor VIII and is found in 80% of hemophiliacs. Other names for this are classical hemophilia, factor VIII deficiency hemophilia.

Hemophilia B is caused by a deficiency of plasma protein called factor IX that affects the clotting property of blood. Its other names are Christmas disease and factor IX hemophilia.

The symptoms of this disorder are lengthy bleeding after circumcision, excessive bruising, swollen or painful joints, Swollen or tender muscles, excessive bleeding from the gums, tongue, or mouth following injury (seen particularly in infants and toddlers), severe bleeding after tooth extraction's or other invasive dental procedures, and......

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