Thalassemia is genetic blood disorder. It affects the body’s ability to produce hemoglobin.Hemoglobin is an essential protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
With haemoglobin deficiency, people with thalassemia experience fatigue, anaemia, and other health complications.
There are two types: Alpha Thalassemia and Beta Thalassemia.
Symptoms
Weakness and fatigue, bone deformities in the face, puberty is delayed and slow growth, urine turning black, liver/spleen enlargement etc.
Effective treatments are currently available, such as blood transfusion, Iron chelation therapy, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, folic acid supplements, etc.
Treatment is done by hematologists, transfusion specialists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, hepatologists, and bone marrow specialists.