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Hand book for dental surgeons on dental management of persons with hemophilia and other haemostatic disorders
Hemophilic arthritis - Inflammation of a joint, usually with pain and swelling, due to repeated bleeds. Cartilage
in the joint breaks down and some bone wears away. Sometimes the joint cannot move.
Home Therapy - Injection or infusion with a treatment product away from the hospital, usually at home.
Infusion - Injection of a treatment product into a vein.
Inheritance - The biological process of transmitting certain characteristics or conditions from parents to
offspring.
Inhibitor - An antibody that develops in direct response to infused clotting factor concentrates. As a result of
this rare complication, standard treatment is temporarily made ineffective.
Joint - The place where two bones meet.
Joint capsule - The area or sleeve that holds the bones together in a joint (where two bones meet).
Nerve - The sensitive, cordlike fibers that pass messages through the body, including pain.
NSAIDS or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug - drug, such as ibuprofen, that reduces pain and fever but
does not contain steroids.
Orthopedic - A term having to do with the bones, the skeleton or associated structures.
Plasma - Part of blood that contains fibrin and clotting factors.
Platelets - The blood cells that make a plug to patch holes in arteries, veins, and capillaries.
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Hand book for dental surgeons on dental management of persons with hemophilia and other haemostatic disorders