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blood clot formation, blood clots, stuart-prower deficiency, factor x deficiency, disorder that causes, abnormal blood clotting, coagulation, resulting, a shortage of a plasma protein, factor x, normal blood coagulation, complex process involving, 20 different plasma proteins known, blood coagulation factors, a series, complex chemical reactions using these factors takes place very rapidly to form an insoluble protein fibrin that stops bleeding, certain coagulation factors, deficient, missing, chain reaction, does not take place, factor x deficiency, an inherited defect, the factor x gene, bleeding ranges from mild to severe, another cause of factor x deficiency is amyloidosis, a disorder, insoluble protein fibers deposit in tissues, organs, impairing function, women, have severe menstrual bleeding, bleeding after delivery, newborn boys, have prolonged bleeding after circumcision, factor x deficiency affects 1 out of every 500,000 people, nose bleeds, loss of blood into joints, muscle bleeding, mucous membrane bleeding, prolonged prothrombin time, prolonged partial thromboplastin time, low factor x activity, normal thrombin time, bleeding disorder is corrected by infusions of fresh frozen plasma, factor x concentrates, acute episodes, in preparation, surgery, factor x deficiency related to amyloidosis involves surgical removal, the spleen, stress of illness, helped by joining a support group where members share common experiences, hemophilia, resources, outcome, mild disease, adequate therapy, severe bleeding, hemorrhage, joint deformities, result from repeated bleeds in severe disease, have an unexplained, severe loss of blood, rare inherited disorder, no known way, prevent it.