Symptoms of thalassemia

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Thalassemia, also known as marine anemia, is a blood disease caused by congenital reasons. The disease was first found in the Mediterranean region. Thalassemia is mainly divided into α Thalassemia and β Thalassemia, a thalassemia is the most common. What are the symptoms of thalassemia in the early stage? Let me tell you.

Symptoms of thalassemia

stay β Thalassemia, the most obvious symptoms of severe thalassemia, generally occurs in children aged 3 to 12 months. The patient's face is pale, liver and spleen can be enlarged, and obvious dysplasia, accompanied by jaundice symptoms. The older the person is, the more obvious the symptoms are.

If the children with thalassemia begin to change after one year old, the head will gradually grow larger, the forehead will swell, the cheekbones will become very high, the bridge of the nose will collapse, and the distance between the two eyes will gradually widen, showing the unique appearance of thalassemia. Children with thalassemia can also be accompanied by bronchitis or pneumonia.

If it is mild thalassemia, the patient's spleen is only slightly swollen, or not swollen, such patients can survive to old age, generally does not pose a threat to life. Thalassemia intermedia is between severe and mild type. Splenomegaly and jaundice are dispensable in patients with thalassemia intermedia.

matters needing attention

At present, the best way to prevent thalassemia is to carry out premarital examination, try to avoid intermarriage between patients with thalassemia gene, thalassemia currently has no effective treatment, which is a difficult disease.