What is thalassemia like

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So far, many people are not clear about how thalassemia came from, so that people's physical and mental health and even the growth and health of the next generation have a certain threat and impact, so we should be aware of what thalassemia is and the symptoms of illness, so next we will take you to understand the symptoms of thalassemia, so that we can find and treat it early in our life, Also hope that everyone in daily life in a timely manner to do a good job in the prevention of work, to avoid the emergence of thalassemia to bring harm to you.

What is thalassemia like

Symptom 1: the symptoms of thalassemia are manifested in many aspects, and most of the thalassemia patients get sick when they are infants. At this time, the patients will have anemia, weakness, intra-abdominal caking, retardation and other conditions, and the severe patients will have poor growth and development, and die before adulthood; Patients with mild disease, that is, mild and intermediate patients, can generally live to adulthood and participate in labor. If the kidney essence is not filled, it will also affect the acquired spleen and stomach function and growth and development. After a long time, there will be blood gas failure, gangrene, accumulation and other manifestations, resulting in the syndrome of deficiency and excess, which is more harmful to patients.

Symptom 2: most thalassemia patients will have the increase of HBA2, and the HBF of severe beta thalassemia usually increases, sometimes to 90%; and the increase of HBA2 is usually more than 3%. In patients with alpha thalassemia syndrome, the percentage of HBA2 and F is generally normal, which has become the main way to determine that people are thalassemia disease.

Symptom 3: in patients with severe β - thalassemia, there will be chronic bone marrow hyperactivity, in which the cortical layer of the skull and long bone becomes thinner, the bone marrow cavity becomes wider, the space of the skull plate is obvious, and the trabeculae of the plate has solar ray like radiation lines. At this time, osteoporosis may appear in people's long bones, and people's cones and skulls may be granular or frosted glass, which reminds people that they should be treated in time after finding these conditions.

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Typical thalassemia patients are characterized by sunken nasal bridge, widened eyebrow distance, prominent cheekbones and other special facial features. Patients will also have compensatory bone marrow cell proliferation and volume expansion, mature red blood cells are small cells and low pigmentation, accompanied by more target cells, race and family history. At the same time, children's condition will quickly worsen, and often rely on continuous blood transfusion to maintain Life, remind people to find these conditions after accurate treatment.