Hemophilia and ebola have very similar symptoms, but are two completely different diseases. Hemophilia is a disease that is involved with the circulatory system: “blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors)” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). An affected individual’s cuts take longer to heal, and if the incision is large enough, the individual may bleed to death. Therefore, people who have hemophilia are very prone to internal bleeding and severe organ damage. There are two cases involving ebola where these symptoms also appear. The first involved Monet’s situation. When Dr. Musoke was trying to give Monet a blood transfusion, “the vein broke apart…and spilled blood, and the blood…wouldn’t coagulate” (Preston, 1994, pg. 21). Monet’s blood was not clotting properly. It didn’t stop bleeding after Dr. Musoke’s multiple attempts to successfully give him a blood transfusion. Also, Monet’s “autopsy…found that his kidneys were destroyed and that his liver was destroyed” (Preston, 1994, pg. 21). His body experienced liver and kidney failure. Monets ebola caused him the same symptoms a hemophiliac would have. Dr. Musoke also suffered the same symptoms during the “exploratory surgery” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). Every blood vessel that was being cut during the procedure never stopped bleeding. The surgeons used “dabs of gel foam” to stop this bleeding, but “the blood [still] came through the foam” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). His excessive bleeding due to the ebola virus relates to the possible bleeding hemophiliacs experience during serious injuries. In addition, Dr. Musoke’s “liver was swollen and red and did not look healthy” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). Dr. Musoke, like Monet and a hemophiliac, was showing signs of nonstop bleeding and failure of blood-clotting factors. Hemophilia and ebola cause very similar consequences in human bodies.
Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014, September 26). Hemophilia. Retrieved April 18, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hemophilia/basics/definition/con-20029824
Preston, R. (1994). The Hot Zone. New York: Random House.
Kimberly is correct because even though Hemophilia and Ebola have similar symptoms, their causes and effects extremely differ. Both Hemophilia victim's and Ebola victim's blood does not clot properly which causes the individual to have severe and excessive bleeding internally and causes different damages on different organs in the body. Hemophilia, however, is a genetic disease and is sex-linked as Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual's body fluids. While hemophilia causes a person to have the tendency of easy bleed in joints and other minor cuts, the Ebola virus later develops symptoms that include extensive bleeding from mucous and other internal organs in the individual's body.
As Kimberly has said, Hemophilia is an inherited illness involving the circulatory system where the blood does not clot. If a hemophiliac were to cut himself even accidentally, he may very well just bleed himself to death because there are no clotting factors in his blood to stop the bleeding. In some ways, symptoms of hemophilia are similar to the Ebola virus: excessive hemorrhaging in the body’s openings. However, it also is not. Hemophiliacs bleed to death because of the lack of blood clotting factors. Although Charles Monet in The Hot Zone was bleeding excessively, it was not because of the lack of clotting factors. In fact, it was the complete opposite: “his bloodstream is throwing clots, and the clots are lodging everywhere. His liver, kidneys, lungs, hands, feet, and head are becoming jammed with blood clots” (Preston, 17).
• Preston, R. (1995). The Hot Zone. New York, New York: Random House.
Hemophilia and ebola have very similar symptoms, but are two completely different diseases. Hemophilia is a disease that is involved with the circulatory system: “blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors)” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). An affected individual’s cuts take longer to heal, and if the incision is large enough, the individual may bleed to death. Therefore, people who have hemophilia are very prone to internal bleeding and severe organ damage. There are two cases involving ebola where these symptoms also appear. The first involved Monet’s situation. When Dr. Musoke was trying to give Monet a blood transfusion, “the vein broke apart…and spilled blood, and the blood…wouldn’t coagulate” (Preston, 1994, pg. 21). Monet’s blood was not clotting properly. It didn’t stop bleeding after Dr. Musoke’s multiple attempts to successfully give him a blood transfusion. Also, Monet’s “autopsy…found that his kidneys were destroyed and that his liver was destroyed” (Preston, 1994, pg. 21). His body experienced liver and kidney failure. Monets ebola caused him the same symptoms a hemophiliac would have. Dr. Musoke also suffered the same symptoms during the “exploratory surgery” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). Every blood vessel that was being cut during the procedure never stopped bleeding. The surgeons used “dabs of gel foam” to stop this bleeding, but “the blood [still] came through the foam” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). His excessive bleeding due to the ebola virus relates to the possible bleeding hemophiliacs experience during serious injuries. In addition, Dr. Musoke’s “liver was swollen and red and did not look healthy” (Preston, 1994, pg. 23). Dr. Musoke, like Monet and a hemophiliac, was showing signs of nonstop bleeding and failure of blood-clotting factors. Hemophilia and ebola cause very similar consequences in human bodies.
ReplyDeleteMayo Clinic Staff. (2014, September 26). Hemophilia. Retrieved April 18, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hemophilia/basics/definition/con-20029824
Preston, R. (1994). The Hot Zone. New York: Random House.
Kimberly is correct because even though Hemophilia and Ebola have similar symptoms, their causes and effects extremely differ. Both Hemophilia victim's and Ebola victim's blood does not clot properly which causes the individual to have severe and excessive bleeding internally and causes different damages on different organs in the body. Hemophilia, however, is a genetic disease and is sex-linked as Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual's body fluids. While hemophilia causes a person to have the tendency of easy bleed in joints and other minor cuts, the Ebola virus later develops symptoms that include extensive bleeding from mucous and other internal organs in the individual's body.
ReplyDeleteAs Kimberly has said, Hemophilia is an inherited illness involving the circulatory system where the blood does not clot. If a hemophiliac were to cut himself even accidentally, he may very well just bleed himself to death because there are no clotting factors in his blood to stop the bleeding. In some ways, symptoms of hemophilia are similar to the Ebola virus: excessive hemorrhaging in the body’s openings. However, it also is not. Hemophiliacs bleed to death because of the lack of blood clotting factors. Although Charles Monet in The Hot Zone was bleeding excessively, it was not because of the lack of clotting factors. In fact, it was the complete opposite: “his bloodstream is throwing clots, and the clots are lodging everywhere. His liver, kidneys, lungs, hands, feet, and head are becoming jammed with blood clots” (Preston, 17).
ReplyDelete• Preston, R. (1995). The Hot Zone. New York, New York: Random House.
Hemophilia is a rare disorder in which your blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting
ReplyDeleteproteins (clotting factors). If you have hemophilia,you may bleed for a longer time after an injury than you would if your
blood clotted normally.