Hemophilia: The Royal Disease

Petri dish of blood with pipette

www.awellnessupdate.com Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn’t clot normally. It is often called the “Royal Disease” because Queen Victoria of England (1837-1901) was a carrier of the hemophilia gene and passed the disease on to several royal families. Victoria’s eighth child, Leopold, had hemophilia and suffered from frequent hemorrhages, which […]