Alexei and Hemophilia

[Georgiy]

And yet, of course, he knew no other life, as his disease was from birth, so to him it would have been 'normal' in a sense. Whether he knew or thought his life would be short or he'd never be tsar is speculation though. In her letters the Empress would often talk about how they had to be strong for Alexei so that when he is Tsar he won't have to rectify all their mistakes, that they must hand over a strong country to him etc. Of course she may have been deluding herself, not wishing to think that, 'Well, our son will probably die long before we ourselves do and will never reign.'

[Pravoslavnaya]

I think Alexei Nikolaevich had his faith in God going for him.  That's the short version.  The slightly longer one seems to be that while the boy did not like the restrictions his disease put on him ('Why can't I be like other boys?), he had more or less come to terms with it as a fact of life, something to be lived in spite of, something to be put up with and gone through.  God's will be done!  His patience, his tendency not to complain, and his compassion for others who suffered is well known and testified to

[AlexeiLVR]

i heard that Rasputin said that when Alexei would get older the Hemophilia would start getting better and better!

And it was true when he reached about age 12 he was starting to look less pailer(i dont no if dats a word) and his Hemophilis was slowly going away, so i guess he could of lived a long life!

[olga]

i heard that Rasputin said that when Alexei would get older the Hemophilia would start getting better and better!

Codswallop. Grigori Yefimovich probably said this just to please the Tsar and Tsaritsa.

....and his Hemophilis was slowly going away, so i guess he could of lived a long life!

It wasn't going away. Haemophilia is incurable.

[Belochka]

Codswallop. Grigori Yefimovich probably said this just to please the Tsar and Tsaritsa.


It wasn't going away. Haemophilia is incurable.

Indeed, hemophilia is a condition for life. The only comforting consideration would have been that his episodes may have reduced in their frequency ... which is a normal consequence when sufferers mature with age. However he would probably have been aware that his life span would be reduced.

Rasputin not being medically trained was incapable of expousing learned medical opinions.  

[AlexeiLVR]

ya...well i read alot about Alexei, and in practicaly every explanation, it sais that his Hemophilia was slowly getting less dangerous!

[olga]

But that doesn't mean it was going away.

[Dashkova]

i heard that Rasputin said that when Alexei would get older the Hemophilia would start getting better and better!

And it was true when he reached about age 12 he was starting to look less pailer(i dont no if dats a word) and his Hemophilis was slowly going away, so i guess he could of lived a long life!

Rasputin had nothing directly to do with Alexei's recovery from attacks.

[AlexeiLVR]

maybe not, but everyone thought he did! :-/

[AlexeiLVR]

well u no wat i meen Alex

[Georgiy]

If i remember correctly, he had his more serious attacks when he was older - Spala, the time he nearly died from a blood nose when at Stavka, and of course when they were in Tobolsk. Maybe as he became older though attacks would be less frequent as he would take better care of himself (not that he wasn't careful anyway). Little boys (and girls too) tend to get scrapes and bumps all the time.

[Dashkova]

If i remember correctly, he had his more serious attacks when he was older - Spala, the time he nearly died from a blood nose when at Stavka, and of course when they were in Tobolsk. Maybe as he became older though attacks would be less frequent as he would take better care of himself (not that he wasn't careful anyway). Little boys (and girls too) tend to get scrapes and bumps all the time.

Staying away from asprin helped, too. Rasputin's only (and very indirect) useful advice.

[AlexeiLVR]

i think his most serious attack to me was the one in Tobolsk! i just finished reading Anastasia's diary, and that accindent unabled him to walk until the murder! so he might of never walked again!

[HollyMI]

When did it become public knowledge and how did it become public knowledge after the deaths of the family?  Was it because the family who knew about started talking about it afterward?

Holly

[Baby_Tsarevich]

What do you mean? do you mean when did it become public of their death or Alexei's Hemophilia?