What about severe thalassemia?

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Thalassemia is a serious hereditary blood disease. The hemoglobin content in the blood is relatively low, which does not mean that people can solve it by adding some iron. If the condition is not very serious, patients may not have this kind of performance. If it develops to a certain stage, it may need blood transfusion for treatment. So if the condition is more serious, what about severe thalassemia? I'd like to share my views with you.

What about severe thalassemia?

First of all: severe thalassemia patients in three to 12 months after birth will be onset, and accompanied by some complications, such as hepatosplenomegaly, the most serious of which is heart failure, is the main cause of death of patients, general life will not be long, up to five years old.

Secondly: the most serious is some of the severe thalassemia, these patients are generally born in a few days will appear some anemia and hepatosplenomegaly phenomenon, but also feel dysplasia. These thalassemia treatment is not easy, is to carry out some blood transfusion and some iron treatment, the effect of treatment is not very good.

Finally: severe thalassemia patients need hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which is costly and risky, but if successful, it can make severe thalassemia patients get rid of the dependence on blood transfusion and prevent further iron deposition; Without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, patients can only rely on blood transfusion, long-term use of iron remover to maintain life, and use iron remover at the same time. Even so, long-term blood transfusion, iron will more and more deposit in liver, spleen and other organs, and then cause these organ failure and lead to death. Moreover, hematopoietic liver cell transplantation also has considerable risk.

matters needing attention

1. Don't take drugs indiscriminately; Many drugs, including traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine and commercial patent medicine, will aggravate the hemolysis of patients with moderate and severe anemia, resulting in more serious anemia and jaundice. Therefore, when you feel uncomfortable, you should go to a registered doctor to explain that you are a patient with moderate or severe anemia, ask for appropriate drugs, and avoid taking traditional Chinese medicine or western medicine indiscriminately. In addition, as many so-called multivitamins or "blood tonics" may contain iron, thalassemia patients should not take such drugs to avoid excessive absorption of iron. 2. Keep a balanced diet; Generally speaking, thalassemia patients only need to have a balanced diet, do not need to eat the so-called "blood" food. On the contrary, some foods with high iron content, such as liver, steak, spinach and apple, should be moderate rather than excessive.