It is a Genetic Disorder Which affects the production of Blood. Thalassemia Major Patients' body do not Produce Red Blood Cells , Which are essential to transfer the oxygen in the body. So They have to undergo regular Blood Transfusion. That is very painful for children.
This is a genetic disease , if both mother and father are Thalassemia minor then it is a high possibility that child will born with Thalassemia major
This is a genetic disease , if both mother and father are Thalassemia minor then it is a
high possibility that child will born with Thalassemia major If the mother or father is thalassemia minor in any person, then the child will be born as a minor or normal.
If both mother and father are thalassemia minor, then the child has 75% chance of being born with thalassemia major
Symptoms of thalassemia may vary: Some of the most common ones include:
Alpha Thalassemia appears in people whose haemoglobin does not produce enough alpha protein. There are five types of alpha Thalassemia:
Thalassemia can be detected in utero if the parents know that they are carriers through
a prenatal test called chorionic villus sampling (CVS). If the parents are unaware that they are carriers, blood tests after birth will result in a diagnosis. Symptoms of Thalassemia include the following: paleness of the skin, poor appetite, failure to grow normally, jaundice, severe anaemia, enlargement of the spleen. Thalassemia is usually diagnosed through the use of blood tests showing small abnormally shaped red blood cells and/or a haemoglobin electrophoresis showing abnormal haemoglobin.
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