Early 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. Early symptoms of thalassemia?, Now let me tell you something.

Early symptoms of thalassemia?

1. Common symptoms: most thalassemia patients are in childhood onset, the more clear performance is anemia, weakness, abdominal caking and developmental retardation, severe patients will be due to multiple growth dysplasia, most patients will die before adulthood; Therefore, parents should bring their children to the hospital for examination and accurate treatment in time after they find these situations on their children.

2. Severe: this type of thalassemia patients in the first few days of life will appear anemia, hepatosplenomegaly progressive aggravation, jaundice and dysplasia and other manifestations, patients will also appear some special symptoms, such as large head, widened eye distance, saddle nose, forehead protrusion, cheek protrusion, the more typical symptoms are hip head, long bone fracture; Moreover, bone changes are caused by hyperhematopoiesis of bone marrow, widening of bone marrow and thinning of cortex. A small number of patients have chest mass between ribs and spine, as well as cholelithiasis, lower limb ulcer, acute pericarditis, secondary hypersplenism and secondary hemochromatosis.

3. Intermediate type: Patients with moderate thalassemia will survive to adulthood. Patients with this type of thalassemia will have pale complexion, fatigue, loss of appetite, low immunity, slow development and hepatosplenomegaly. Most of the patients are children. Parents can't see any abnormality at the time of birth. Generally, the sick children will slowly appear pale complexion after a few months of birth Dull expression, dementia face, dysplasia, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly and so on.

matters needing attention

1. It is very important to carry out population census and genetic counseling, and do a good job of premarital guidance in order to avoid the marriage of thalassemia gene carriers. Prenatal diagnosis by gene analysis can be used to diagnose severe pregnancy in early pregnancy β and α Diagnosis of thalassemia fetus and timely termination of pregnancy, in order to avoid the occurrence of fetal edema syndrome and severe β Birth of thalassemia patients is an effective method to prevent the disease. 2. The appearance and growth of thalassemia patients are the same as normal people. 3. The supplement of vitamins is the same as that of ordinary people, and should be given when the doctor thinks it necessary. Because the appearance is not easy to detect the disease, often given iron blood, should pay attention to.