KNOWING THE TYPE OF THALASSEMIA

Thalassemia is a blood disorder caused by insufficient production of hemoglobin ( red blood cells) caused by the disturbance in the process of forming the chain of the blood cells in the body due to damage genes . The disease occurs in many countries worldwide .

According to Professor Dr. Iskandar Wahidiyat , SpA (K) , an expert on thalassemia RSCM Jakarta, in the world, the spread of thalassemia is very diverse, but the region of Palembang , Sumbawa , Bangka and Yogyakarta is the region with the number of patients and carriers of thalassemia is high enough .

When someone has thalassemia, they do not have enough healthy blood cells to carry oxygen and nutrients to all body parts. Because of this , they need additional blood transfusions to help them stay healthy. Transfusion can be carried out continuously or at any time according to the known type of thalassemia .

People with thalassemia can be distinguished by the type of globin production disrupted. If the production of alpha globin types that disrupted alpha thalassemia sufferers experience , whereas if the production of beta globin types that disrupted beta thalassemia sufferers experience. In addition, other differentiated into other types of major and thalassemia minor .

Beta thalassemia major is the most severe type . Patients with thalassemia have to do this type of transfusion continuously since diagnosis , although since the baby. Most babies are born will often ill during the first 1-2 years of life. Growth and development are also experiencing delays due to traffic nutrient standards .

Beta thalassemia minor , causing patients experience anemia and blood cell abnormalities minor slight . For thalassemia patients did not require blood transfusion.

Beta thalassemia intermedia , in this type of transfusion of thalassemia can be made ??at any time depending on the severity of the need to increase the blood.

Alpha thalassemia major , occurs when a person lacks the protein globin gene production orders . This condition may make the fetus suffers from severe anemia , heart disease , and accumulation of body fluids. For this type of thalassemia , infants should perform transfusions in the womb and after the child is born, to stay healthy .

Alpha thalassemia minor are usually not cause significant health problems , but when a slight talented anemia , abnormalities of these genes are likely to be spent on it. This type of thalassemia patients did not need a transfusion.


Thank you to read the article "KNOWING THE TYPE OF THALASSEMIA" after my last update, entitled "BEWARE OF ATTACKS BLOOD CANCER IN CHILDREN" in XTRA NEWS AND HEALTH blog.

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