Hyderabad: Preventive measures like vaccination for Hepatitis A and B, avoiding tablets like aspirin and ibuprofen, blood thinners like heparin and warfarin and good dental hygiene is very important to ensure stable quality of life, state experts for World Haemophilia Day that falls on April 17.
Haemophilia is a bleeding disorder wherein the body does not have enough blood clotting proteins. It is a genetic disorder that runs in the family and is often identified during childhood, within nine months to two years.
Dr S.V.S.S. Prasad, senior consultant hematologist and oncologist at Apollo Hospitals. said, “Once the disease is identified, it is very important for the family members to educate the child to avoid injuries and be very careful. A lot of them suffer from dental problems like bleeding gums and injuries to the teeth, which demand that they must practice good dental hygiene”.
It is very important for haemophiliac patients to let their friends, teachers and also colleagues know that they suffer from this problem. Experts insist that talking and accepting the disease helps to deal with it better.
The founder member of Haemophilia Society, Hyderabad chapter, V. Prabhakar said, “I am a haemophiliac and went through lots of trouble getting the right kind of advice to lead a safe and healthy life. Till the age of 15 years, I had too much of gum bleeding. After that I developed severe problems in the joints and could not walk properly. Despite these odds, I was able to get a government job and worked for 38 years. Now at 59 years, I see that families can get more help than what I got at that time. Hence we started this society and are educating parents, hemophiliac kids and also adults on what precautions they must take at every stage”.
