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I have had a lot of bleeds in the same joint recently. What is happening and what can I do to stop it?

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I have had a lot of bleeds in the same joint recently. What is happening and what can I do to stop it?

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It sounds as though what you have is called a “target joint”. Even though you may have had the “correct” treatment for joint bleeds, almost every adult today has some degree of joint damage. Once a joint has had a bleed it may take up to six weeks for the blood to be fully re-absorbed into the system. This is when it is most likely to bleed again because as the joint is healing more blood flows to the site and so a vicious cycle is set up. The way to stop this happening, once it starts, is to have prophylactic (preventative) treatment 2-3 times weekly to keep the factor level high enough to prevent that spontaneous re-bleeding. If this treatment fails, there are some other more complicated treatment options which should be discussed with your haemophilia specialist. How do I tell the difference between a bleed and arthritis? If you have had a lot of bleeding into a particular joint over many years, it is likely there will be a degree of arthritis there. Arthritis tends to be at its wor

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