Thalassemia is a genetic disease that is passed on from parents to children. It is a type of blood disorder. If a child or an adult gets this disease, then their body starts facing problems in blood formation. Due to which the symptoms of anemia start appearing clearly on the body. Its identification starts appearing in any child only after three months of birth. In this disease, the patient’s body starts lacking blood. Due to which he needs blood again and again.
What is minor thalassemia?
For your information, let us tell you that there are two types of thalassemia. If both the parents of the child have minor thalassemia in their genes, then the child may suffer from major thalassemia disease. Which can be very dangerous.
If either of the parents has minor thalassemia, then the child is not at risk. If both the parents have minor thalassemia, then the child has a 25 percent risk of this disease. Therefore, it is very important that both the man and the woman must get a blood test done before marriage.
Alpha Globin and Beta Globin
According to the ‘World Health Organization’, every year 7-10 thousand children suffering from thalassemia are born in India. The number of these children in the country’s capital Delhi and its surrounding areas is around 1500. The most surprising thing is that 3.4 percent of the total population is suffering from thalassemia. For your information, let us tell you that hemoglobin is made from two types of proteins, alpha globin and beta globin. Actually, thalassemia is caused by a defect in the process of making globin in these proteins. Due to which red blood cells get damaged rapidly. Due to severe shortage of blood, its patient has to be given blood transfusion repeatedly. Due to repeated blood transfusion, iron starts accumulating in the body. Which can prove dangerous for the heart, liver and lungs.
Thalassemia is of two types: one major and the other minor.
Thalassemia major: The chances of getting this disease increases more in those children. Those whose both parents have thalassemia in their genes.
Thalassemia Minor: Thalassemia Minor occurs in those children whose one of the parents has thalassemia. In such a situation, the risk of children getting it is less.
Symptoms of Thalassemia
Yellow nails and tongue of children and symptoms of jaundice are also visible.
Red rashes on the jaws and cheeks of children.
Stopped growth of children and also look younger than their age.
Dry face, no weight gain, always looking weak and sick, weakness and difficulty in breathing.
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