Thalassemia

Thalassemia is an abnormality in blood in the form of the failure of the body form of hemoglobin that is normal. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells with the primary function of delivering oxygen to the rest of the body organs. The disease derived from parents to children it can cause damage to red blood cells leading to anemia.SymptomsThe most severe type of thalassemia is alpha thalassemia major and usually a baby who suffered from this disease would have died while in content when the content is old age.Kids are born with thalassemia major will be born normally but suffers from severe anemia in the first years of his life.Other symptoms of thalassemia: Deformity of bone in the shape of the face.Swelling of the liver and the lymph.Those who suffer from alpha and beta thalassemia minor have red blood cells are smaller than normal and do not cause symptoms.Causes and risk factorsHemoglobin is formed of two types of protein that is alpha globin chains and beta globin chains. Thalassemia is caused when the genes that control the formation of proteins is experiencing interference.There are two kinds of thalassemia: Alpa thalassemia occurs when genes are associated with the alpha globin chains having a disorder/mutations.Beta thalassemia occurs when genes related to beta globin chains having a disorder/mutations.Alpha thalassemia much happening in the region of South-East Asia, the Middle East, China and Africa. Beta thalassemia is generally occur in regions of China, several places in Asia and the Americas. both types of thalassemia above has a form of thalassemia major and minor.Thalassemia major thalassemia gene occurs if derived from both parents, while thalassemia minor when gen only comes from one of the parents. People with thalassemia minor do not experience symptoms means but could lose disease thalassemia to his son.Beta thalassemia is also often called Cooley's anemia.Risk factors: thalassemia, Asian Race, Mediterranean and China-African American family history with the same disease.Examination and DiagnosticsPhysical examination found the enlargement on lymph.Examination of blood in the form of an abnormality of red blood cells. Red blood cells are abnormally shaped/smaller when viewed under a microscope.On the count of blood found anemia.When do pemerikan hemoglobin elektrophoresis found abnormal hemoglobin.TreatmentTreatment of thalassemia major usually with blood transfusions regularly and the granting of a supplement of folic acid.When performed blood transfusions, patients are prohibited from drinking iron supplements for if done then there will be a buildup of iron in the body and this is very dangerous.Sufferers who routinely receive blood transfusions would do chelation therapy to remove excess iron in the body.Bone marrow transplant is also useful for treating these diseases especially in young children.

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