Thalassemia Symptoms
Symptoms vary depending on the degree Thalassemia gene damage that passed as extra symptoms of anemia with pale, insomnia, lethargy, loss of appetite or frequent repeated infections, and also affected the heart to work heavier to meet the formation of hemoglobin, as well as bone thinning or because marrow bone also play an important role in producing such hemoglobin.
Thalassemia Treatment
Until now the drug is not known from this disease. The only effort that can be done is a blood transfusion.
Thalassemia disease is a genetic blood disorder. DNA hurt is caused not optimum production of red blood cells infected person and can be easily damaged so often cause anemia. This disease is genetic. If the husband or wife containing properties (carrier) Thalassemia, then 25% of their kids and are likely to suffer Thalassemia. Therefore, when his wife was pregnant, are suggested to perform blood tests in the lab to find out her fetus suffered from thalesma or not. If the fetus tested positive for thalesma then at a later date requires regular blood transfusions throughout his life.
The worst sufferers may have passed from the accumulation of iron in the heart organ. Despite the accumulation of iron due to blood transfusion passed in several organs, but because the heart has less power compensation in other organs appeal, so many sufferers Thalassemia passed because of heart complications.