What is prophylaxis?
Prophylaxis means giving treatment in advance to prevent a condition from happening. In the case of haemophilia, prophylaxis involves giving regular infusions of missing factor to prevent bleeds occurring. In contrast, ‘on-demand therapy’ involves giving the missing factor after a bleed has started.
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