Have you ever wondered how your blood clots? Check out a great animation on the MedPro Rx Kids site. The visuals help give a better understanding of the clotting process and how the body maintains hemostasis. Hemostasis is important when blood vessels are damaged.
People who have hemophilia must have receive infusions of factor to make up for the lack of factor that helps the blood clot. People can receive infusions when they are experiencing a bleed or prophylatically – infusions given on a regular basis to maintain proper clotting factor levels.