maharashtra the only centre where these factors are given free of cost is the kem hospital in mumbai he saidwhat is haemophilia it is a chronic genetic disorder in which the body of the person affected is unable to clot blood people having the disease do not have the coagulation factor a chemical that helps blood clotting in their blood this means that they bleed longer than others after an injury though there is no treatment for the disease people suffering from it are injected with the lacking factor only men are affected by this bleeding disorder while females are only carriers of the gene that causes it as it is an xlinked recessive disorder it is not necessary for the children of careers or even sufferers to acquire the disease one in every 10000 indians suffer from it however only 14000 of them are registered patients global estimates say that around 75 of those affected cannot afford the treatment for haemophilia activists believe that the figure is much higher for indianstypes there are two types of the disease a and b in the first there is an absence of factor viii while the second is caused by a lacking factor ix type a of the disease is much more common than type b depending on the severity of the disease it can be categorized as severe moderate and milddiagnosis girls can go in for carrier detection tests before marriage or when planning a family pregnant women can get a pre natal diagnosis done ante natal diagnosis can be done after the birth of a childtreatment though there is no remedy for the disease replacement of the missing factors is the only relief for the patients in case of an injury or internal bleeding regular exercise and physiotherapy can help reduce the episodes of spontaneous bleeding experts swear by the rice rest ice compression elevation treatment during a severe episode of bleeding