THALESSEMIA

TYPE OF GENETIC DISORDER

• DNA-inherited disorder
• Usually inherited from parents
• It can be inherited as dominant or recessive

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HOW IS IT INHERITED

• They are passed from parent to children threw genes

HOW DOCTORS DIAGNOSE IT

• They reveal it through blood test
• The blood test could reveal:
• Low level of red blood cells
• Pale red blood cells
• Red blood cells with uneven hemoglobin distribution

SYMPTOMS

• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Pale appearance
• Yellow discolornation
• Slow growth

TREATMENT

• Treatment usually involves regular blood transfusions and folate supplements
• Carriers could have little to no treatment
• Iron Chelation Therapy
• Frolic acid supplements
• Blood and marrow stem cell transplant

LIFE EXPECTANCY

• A patient with thalassemia has a normal life expectancy
• Those with beta thalassemia major is expected to live 17 years
• Majority of deaths are caused by heart complications of iron overload

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Researchers are currently trying to discover more cures that don't give people heart problems

WORK CITED

• Medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com
• Mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thalassemia.com
• Drugs.com/enc/thalassemia.html
• www.nhlbi.gov/health//dci/diseases/thalassemia/thalassemia_treatment.com
• Medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263489.php

WORK CITED

• http://www.genome.gov/10001221
• http://surc.biz/tag/person/page/5/
• Medical dictionary