It’s time to change how we classify hemophilia severity

It’s time to change how we classify hemophilia severity

While riding a bus at the first hemophilia conference I attended, I met a young man who had mild hemophilia, just like me. Unlike me, he’d been diagnosed close to birth. Then he shared his factor VIII levels; shockingly, they were higher than mine. I sat in disbelief. I’d always thought that men with mild hemophilia must have lower factor VIII levels than me, as most of them seemed to access a diagnosis and care much more quickly and easily. I w…