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Hemophilia is a genetic disorder in which blood does not clot normally.

Sign and symptoms of hemophilia include excessive uncontrolled bleeding from any injury or cut, after any surgery, heavy and prolonged periods, nose bleeding, blood in urine and stool. In some cases, pain in joints and swelling can also be seen. All these are present without any known cause.

Hemophilia is caused when there is a defect in one of the clotting factor genes on X chromosome mostly affecting males.

Hemophilia is diagnosed by a blood test to measure the amount of clotting factor in the blood. Also, a thorough examination of medical and family history of a patient is required.

Yes, hemophilia is an inherited genetic condition which runs through families. The genes are located on X chromosome hence it mostly occurs in males who have XY chromosome and females have XX, hence it passes from mother to son.