Common Questions About Bleeding Disorders

Can Women and Girls Have Hemophilia?

Women and girls can also be born with other bleeding disorders. These conditions include factor deficiencies such as factor VIII and factor IX deficiency (hemophilia) and other clotting factor deficiencies (for example, factor I, II, V, VII, X, XI, XIII deficiencies). All of these conditions are rare, but they are treatable.

Women and girls who have fathers, sons, uncles, brothers or nephews with hemophilia may themselves have mild hemophilia. These women and girls may have many of the symptoms of mild hemophilia, including joint problems. Just like their male relatives with hemophilia, these girls and women need to learn to recognize, prevent and treat hemophilia bleeds. These women and girls can get expert diagnosis and treatment by hematologists at HTCs.