The harm of mild thalassemia

summary

Thalassemia is caused by the deletion or point mutation of globin gene, which leads to the translation error of globin gene and the synthesis obstacle of peptide chain. Finally, the composition of hemoglobin is different. Thalassemia can be divided into β - thalassemia, α - thalassemia, severe α - thalassemia and mild α - thalassemia. What are the hazards of mild thalassemia? Let me tell you about it.

The harm of mild thalassemia

First: thalassemia will make the patient's hepatosplenomegaly, fatigue, some patients will be osteoporosis, and even have hemosiderosis, children patients will be relatively weak, serious will be stunted, even dysplasia, serious will die before adulthood.

Second: the treatment of thalassemia is mainly the treatment of medium-sized thalassemia and severe thalassemia. In general, mild thalassemia does not need special treatment. As long as the patient usually balanced nutrition, work and rest rules, generally there is no problem.

Third: treatment is mainly blood transfusion and iron treatment, while patients should also actively prevent infection, more folic acid and vitamin E supplement. Usually, we should eat more high-quality protein foods, such as eggs, milk, fish, lean meat and so on, and eat more blood tonic foods.

matters needing attention

Thalassemia can be prevented, pregnant women in early pregnancy should be prenatal diagnosis, patients usually should be light diet, should not eat stimulating food, usually should not be too tired.