A patient presents to the clinic complaining, "Every time I get even the tiniest cut, I bleed and bleed and bleed." The doctor suspects this patient has an inherited bleeding disorder that results from defective clotting proteins. This disease is called:

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The symptoms described are consistent with hemophilia, an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by defective clotting proteins. Anemia is a condition characterized by a lack of red blood cells, and may not necessarily present with excessive bleeding. AIDS is a viral infection that attacks the immune system, but would not be the likely cause of the patient's bleeding symptoms. Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects blood cells, but it also would not be the likely cause of the patient's symptoms.

A Patient Presents to the Clinic Complaining, "Every Time I