Symptoms of thalassemia in infants

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For our family, having a child not only makes us understand what responsibility is, but also makes us grow up and become mature. Of course, having a child is not only a happy thing, because the baby's immune system has not yet developed well, so in the process of growing up, there will be diseases like this and that, If the parents themselves carry a certain genetic disease, it is likely to be passed on to the next generation. Today I will tell you what are the symptoms of thalassemia in the baby.

Symptoms of thalassemia in infants

Whether the symptoms of thalassemia patients are obvious or not depends on the severity of the disease. The patients with mild thalassemia may not have any symptoms, and they can live and grow old smoothly. The patients with severe thalassemia are characterized by anemia, weakness, agglomeration in the stomach, and growth retardation.

If the baby is thalassemia, then after the child is one year old, the skull will change, the skull will become larger, the forehead will swell, the cheekbones will be higher, the bridge of the nose will collapse, and the distance between the eyes will be widened, and the child will often suffer from tracheitis or pneumonia, if it is severe thalassemia, it will die before adulthood.

Thalassemia if it is mild, then do not do treatment, if it is severe patients, then you need regular blood transfusion to maintain the body's red protein, but also to supplement a variety of vitamins. And in daily life, we must pay attention to more rest and nutrition, timely to the professional regular hospital for treatment.

matters needing attention

Even if the child suffers from thalassemia, whether it is mild or severe, parents should be vigilant, once found that the baby is abnormal, should go to the hospital in time for treatment, so as not to delay the disease.