Question

During your assessment of a 19-year-old male, you are told that he is being treated with factor VIII. This indicates that:

Choose one answer.
A. he has a thrombosis.
B. he has hemophilia A.
C. his blood clots too quickly.
D. he has hemophilia B.

Answer 1

The 19-year-old male being treated with factor VIII indicates he has hemophilia A, which is a genetic bleeding disorder due to the lack of sufficient factor VIII needed for blood clotting.

Step-by-step explanation:

The treatment with factor VIII indicates that the 19-year-old male has hemophilia A. Hemophilia A is a genetic disorder characterized by the body's inability to produce adequate amounts of factor VIII, which is essential for blood clotting. Since factor VIII is involved, we can rule out hemophilia B, which involves a deficiency of factor IX, and thrombosis or the condition of blood clotting too quickly is also unrelated to this treatment.

Both hemophilia A and B are linked to the X chromosome, and typically, male offspring inherit the disorder from their healthy carrier mothers. People with hemophilia experience bleeding from even minor injuries, and treatment involves regular infusions of clotting factors. Hemophilia C is another form, related to factor XI, but it is not in question here since the treatment specified is factor VIII.