World Hemophilia Day is a special opportunity for everyone to come together and support those with hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders. On April 17, 2017, the tradition of “Lighting it up red” will continue and people in cities around the world will light up major landmarks in red to show support for the global bleeding disorders community. Prior to the 1960s, the average life expectancy for an individual diagnosed with haemophilia was 11 years.
In the mid-1970s, treatment of haemophilia had been greatly improved by advent of the availability of glycine-precipitated plasma concentrates and, consequently, the average lifespan of an individual diagnosed with haemophilia had increased to about 42 years. But life for patients with haemophilia remained challenging as treatment often meant a trip to the emergency room followed by an inpatient admission; hepatitis B and a non-A,…
