What is thalassemia? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? Is it curable? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
What is thalassemia?
Thalassemia is a blood disorder run through families in which the body makes abnormal hemoglobin.
Hemoglobin is the protein carries oxygen and it is present in red blood cell. Thalassemia occurs due to excessive destruction of red blood cells which leads to anemia.
What are the symptoms of thalassemia?
Symptoms of thalassemia:
• Facial bone deformities
• dark urine
• slow growth and development
• excessive tiredness and fatigue
• yellow or pale skin
What are the different types of thalassemia?
Alpha Thalassemia:
It happens when genes related to the alpha globin proteins are missing or mutated.
Beta Thalassemia:
It happens when similar gene defects affect production of the beta globin protein.
Both Alpha and Beta thalassemia divided following two forms:
Thalassemia major:
It happens due to defective gene inheritance from both parents. If remain untreated children usually die between one and eight years of age.
Thalassemia minor (Cooley’s anemia):
It happens if one inherits defective gene only from one parent. Someone with thalassemia minor are carriers of the disease and do not show symptoms.
What causes thalassemia?
If a person suffers from Thalassemia it is due to abnormality or mutation in one of the genes involved in hemoglobin production. Patient inherits this gene defect from their parents.
If one of your parents is a carrier for thalassemia, person may develop a form of the disease known as thalassemia minor. If this occurs, you won’t have symptoms, but you’ll be a carrier of the disease.
If both of your parents are carriers of thalassemia, person has a greater chance of inheriting a serious form of the disease.
What is the life expectancy of person with thalassemia?
Someone with thalassemia has a normal life expectancy. Heart complications may occur from beta thalassemia major if disease remains untreated
Can you die from thalassemia?
Person with thalassemia have mild or severe anemia. If someone suffers from anemia can damage organs which results into death.
Does thalassemia make you tired?
The low hemoglobin level in the blood due to thalassemia may cause anemia, due to which person get easily fatigued on little exertion. To cope up with fatigue person should take healthy diet and exercise regularly.
Is thalassemia a form of cancer?
No. It is an inherited blood disorders in which the body makes abnormal hemoglobin. Due to which patient may suffer from tiredness, slow growth and development.
Can thalassemia be cured?
Bone marrow transplant, which is only possible treatment available for thalassemia. In severe cases regular blood transfusions is also helpful to relieve the symptoms.
Can you donate blood if you have thalassemia?
No, a low hemoglobin level is one of the most common reason people are temporarily disqualified from donating blood.
How do you test for thalassemia?
• Complete case history
• Physical examination
• CBC (Complete Blood Count) reveals anemia
• Hemoglobin electrophoresis
• DNA analysis
• Complete blood analysis
How homeopathy helps?
• Ceanothus Americana
• China
• Calcarea carbonica
• Ferrum Metallicum
• Pulsatilla
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