How do you know about thalassemia

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Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disease, because it was first found along the Mediterranean coast, so it is called thalassemia. The disease is most common in infants. How to judge whether it is thalassemia. Next, Xiaobian will show you.

How do you know about thalassemia

First: thalassemia is a kind of hereditary blood disease. Many pregnant women worry that they will have thalassemia, and then pass it on to their babies to cause thalassemia. If you want to check for thalassemia, you should check the red blood cell level and hemoglobin level in the blood routine. If you want more specific confirmation, you should do a bone marrow test.

Second: thalassemia and iron deficiency anemia are very similar. Therefore, in doing blood routine red blood cell level and hemoglobin level detection, a long time will be confused with iron deficiency anemia. Thalassemia has a boat of possibilities if the mother is a thalassemia patient. We must have a comprehensive blood test. Through the blood examination can be initially determined whether there is thalassemia, and then check hemoglobin electrophoresis confirmed.

Third: thalassemia is a hereditary blood disease. If both husband and wife carry the thalassemia gene, their children will have a high probability of severe thalassemia, half of them will also have mild thalassemia, and only 1 / 4 of them may be normal people. Therefore, thalassemia patients are not suitable for children.

matters needing attention

During pregnancy, if pregnant women suffer from ischemia, they should maintain a balanced and adequate nutrition, ensure the intake of iron in food, and at the same time, they should do pregnancy examination in time to prevent the sudden occurrence of various diseases, and maintain a happy mood to ensure the normal nutrition absorption of the fetus in the abdomen.