Which factors place this patient at increased risk for injury?

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Risk of injury in a patient with a factor-dependent bleeding disorder is driven by exposure to trauma and by the level of factor replacement. Playing football exposes the body to blunt trauma, increasing the chance of bleeds into joints and soft tissues. Not receiving any factor for the past year means the body's clotting ability is severely impaired, so even minor injuries can bleed more and take longer to stop. When both factors are present—engaging in high-trauma sport and lack of factor replacement—the likelihood and severity of bleeding after injury are greatly amplified. An infection, while important in other ways, does not directly increase the risk of traumatic injury or bleeding in the same immediate way. So combining the risk from the sport with the absence of factor therapy explains the greatest overall risk of injury.