It is also a group of hereditary disorders in which the blood clotting mechanism is affected and the patient suffers from minor to major internal or external bleeds. Hemophilia mostly affects boys. In an affected family usually females are carriers while males are sufferers of this disease .
When normal people get a cut, the body naturally protects itself. Sticky blood cells called platelets go to the site of bleeding and plug the hole. This is the first step in the clotting process. When the platelets plug the hole, they release chemicals the attract more sticky platelets and also a activate various proteins in the blood known as clotting factors. These proteins mix with the platelets to stop the bleeding.Our body has 12 clotting factors that work together in the process (numbered using Roman numerals from I through XIII).