"Pathogenic gene": what does positive thalassemia mean

summary

Thalassemia is a kind of hereditary blood disease, mild thalassemia is more common in adults, usually asymptomatic or only mild anemia. But the biggest problem of light thalassemia is to pass on the "pathogenic gene" to their next generation. Therefore, we should deeply understand the genetic law of thalassemia. So, what does it mean that thalassemia screening is positive?

"Pathogenic gene": what does positive thalassemia mean

First, thalassemia is a kind of genetic disease, which mainly includes α - thalassemia and β - thalassemia, and can be divided into four grades: very mild, mild, intermediate and severe. Mild thalassemia is only mild anemia, which is mostly found in physical examination, and it will not do any harm to health, so there is no need to deal with it, This is a genetic disease. Severe thalassemia may be life-threatening. There is no specific treatment at present.

Second: thalassemia is a kind of genetic disease, which mainly includes α - thalassemia and β - thalassemia, and can be divided into extremely mild, mild, intermediate and severe four grades. Mild thalassemia is only mild anemia, which is mostly found in physical examination, and will not do any harm to health, so there is no need to deal with it, This is a genetic disease. Severe thalassemia may be life-threatening. There is no specific treatment at present.

Third: if you are pregnant and have a child, just do the test. If you are positive, you have the chance to pass on the disease. The main reason is that you have a greater chance to pass it on to your daughter and a smaller chance to your son, but it's not inevitable. Therefore, if you do a child's test after childbirth, you can make sure if you have inherited it.

matters needing attention

1. Life conditioning: thalassemia patients are often weak in body and weak in external defense. They should be careful in daily life, be suitable for cold and temperature, and pay attention to the prevention of exogenous infection. They should take more outdoor activities, breathe fresh air, take appropriate physical exercise, Qigong exercise, and play Taijiquan, which will help to enhance their physique and disease resistance. 2. Food conditioning pay attention to the diet, should eat nutritious food, where spicy flavor, too greasy, raw and cold unclean things, when fasting or less food. Due to the physiological characteristics of children's spleen and kidney often insufficient, feeding should be reasonable, in order to avoid hunger and satiety impermanence, partiality, unclean diet damage children's spleen and stomach.