Hemophilia is a genetic disorder passed from one generation to the next through the X (female) chromosome. It is a disease in which the blood does not clot normally, due to abnormalities in some blood proteins that cause clotting. People with hemophilia (hemophiliacs) have blood that clots very slowly. They are in constant danger of bleeding to death, even if they have a minor injury. Surgery or even dental work can also be very risky. Although women transmit the disease, only men can exhibit it. Women who carry hemophilia (carriers) have the gene on one of their X chromosomes. Since the gene is recessive, they do not have the disorder. But if a male has the bad gene, then he will be a hemophiliac because there is no matching gene on his
Hemophilia is often called the disease of kings because it was carried by many members of Europe's royal family. Queen Victoria of England was a carrier of hemophilia and passed the disease to many of her descendants including the Russian emperor's family and the Spanish royal family).
The Empress was driven nearly insane trying to protect her son, and turned to the evil monk Grigory Rasputin for comfort. Soon Rasputin was giving her advice not only on her son, but on the way the country should be run. This combined with her German blood turned the Russian people against her and the Czar, and on October 17, 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution began, changing the course of history and destroying the lives of millions of people
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