Symptoms of thalassemia carriers

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Suffering from thalassemia is due to gene mutation, which leads to the body's hemoglobin link generation disorder, will cause thalassemia. Once suffering from thalassemia, many people will have anemia, jaundice, splenomegaly, and will lead to developmental disorders, there will be varying degrees of anemia, small cell hypohemoglobin, through video inspection, you can see that the size of red blood cells is uneven. It's usually inherited in the family. So some do not care, ready for pregnancy, we must do a comprehensive physical examination.

Symptoms of thalassemia carriers

1. Treatment of thalassemia, for patients without symptoms is a necessary treatment, for the more serious symptoms, has appeared in patients with hemolytic crisis need through blood transfusion, regular blood transfusion is conducive to the development of children, but often bleeding will lead to secondary hemochromatosis, can effectively promote the discharge of iron.

2. For patients with splenomegaly, we can consider splenectomy, and patients with hemolytic crisis can use glucocorticoid. We must effectively prevent complications, or use bone marrow transplantation or allogeneic stem cell transplantation for treatment. Correct symptomatic treatment is very important for maintaining and prolonging life.

3. For patients with conditions, allogeneic bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation can be used. At the same time, vitamin C supplementation can help iron excretion and diarrhea. However, large amount of vitamin C may have a toxic effect on the heart. It must be taken under the guidance of the doctor. At ordinary times, we must pay more attention to rest.

matters needing attention

Pay more attention to rest, eat a balanced diet with nutrition, eat more fruits and vegetables, eat more meat, do not go to places with more people and poor air quality, do not go to places with serious water pollution sources, and pay more attention to rest.