Understanding Haemophilia A & B: Overview & Myths

You can also expand your knowledge and understanding of some of the common medical terms associated with haemophilia and hear from patients about their experiences and how they work with their haemophilia care teams to help them reach their goals.

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Haemophilia A

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Living with haemophilia A with confidence

Confidence involves feeling certain in your abilities. For people with haemophilia understanding, monitoring and managing their haemophilia with their care team is an important step towards confidence.

Exploring your life ahead

Move with Confidence

When haemophilia is properly understood, monitored and managed, it doesn’t have to limit life.
It opens the door to an physically active, fulfilling and adventurous life.

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Haemophilia and you

What is haemophilia A?

Understanding haemophilia A and the impact it can have on your everyday life can help you manage your condition with confidence. Reducing the chance of bleeds and joint pain can help limit the impact haemophilia may have on your quality of life.

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Haemophilia and you

Joint health: supporting your partner with haemophilia

As the partner of someone living with haemophilia, you may be aware that they can experience haemophilia-related bleeds. This may trigger some questions, such as why and how does this affect their joints? What do joint problems mean for us as a couple? How can I help?

Haemophilia B

Haemophilia and you

Joint health: supporting your partner with haemophilia

As the partner of someone living with haemophilia, you may be aware that they can experience haemophilia-related bleeds. This may trigger some questions, such as why and how does this affect their joints? What do joint problems mean for us as a couple? How can I help?

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Haemophilia and you

What is haemophilia B?

Do you know what causes haemophilia B and what determines the severity of the disease?

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Haemophilia and you

Living with haemophilia B

Everyone has a unique lifestyle and personal goals, and haemophilia shouldn't hold you back. Watch the videos to learn more about how different people are managing their haemophilia. Can you draw on their diverse experiences to think about how you can manage your haemophilia and achieve your goals?

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Exploring your life ahead

Haemophilia hasn’t stopped me from getting 20 tattoos

In this video Scott McLean from Buckingham in the UK, talks about his experience of getting more than 20 tattoos while having severe haemophilia A.

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Haemophilia and you

I had no family history of haemophilia

Rich was diagnosed with haemophilia as a child when he first started developing unusual bruises. His family, GPs and health visitors were concerned, and after a seemingly normal childhood injury didn't get better, he was given a blood test and diagnosed.

What is haemophilia?

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Haemophilia A

Living with haemophilia A with confidence

Move with Confidence

What is haemophilia A?

Joint health: supporting your partner with haemophilia

Haemophilia B

Joint health: supporting your partner with haemophilia

What is haemophilia B?

Living with haemophilia B

Your questions answered

Haemophilia hasn’t stopped me from getting 20 tattoos

I had no family history of haemophilia