What are the symptoms of thalassemia Some patients will have jaundice

Thalassemia is a disease that can also be called marine anemia, thalassemia or globin dysgenesis anemia, and the incidence of this disease is very high.

Depending on the symptoms of thalassaemia, it can be divided into mild, intermediate, and severe thalassemia. Symptoms of thalassemia mild are not obvious, some patients do not have symptoms, and some patients have mild anemia, which is often detected during the investigation of family history.

Patients with thalassemia intermediates have more pronounced symptoms than those with mild thalassaemia. Patients with severe thalassemia may develop anemia after birth, and some patients will also have jaundice and stunted growth. Some patients may also have special manifestations, including forehead protrusion, protrusion, cortical thinning, bone marrow cavity widening, and may also be complicated by lower limb ulcers, gallstones and even chest masses, which are very dangerous.

For such a serious disease as thalassemia, timely examination, diagnosis and treatment are extremely important, and the methods that can be used to check thalassemia now include nuclear red blood cell count, imaging examination, peripheral blood picture and bone marrow imaging examination, etc., according to the results of the examination, doctors can make the most effective diagnosis.

Nowadays, there are many ways to treat thalassemia, the more common ones are gene activation therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation allogeneic therapy, splenectomy treatment, iron chelator therapy, red blood cell transfusion therapy and general treatment.

The treatment of thalassemia also requires an understanding of the main cause of the disease, which is caused by insufficient or absent synthesis of globin chains, and understanding the cause of the disease can also accurately prevent the emergence of the disease. For the prevention of such diseases, people also need to develop a good habit of going to the hospital for regular physical examinations, pay close attention to the changes in their bodies, pay attention to nutritional supplements, and maintain an optimistic attitude, so as to reduce the probability of diseases.