What disease is severe thalassemia

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Severe thalassemia patients are mainly some babies born not long ago. The youngest baby will get sick only in three months, and the biggest baby will get sick also in 12 months, because there is no other cause of the disease, and only one cause of swelling is genetic factor. Therefore, the treatment of severe thalassemia is quite difficult In addition, patients with severe thalassemia had better die of heart failure, and their age should not be more than 10 years old at most.

What disease is severe thalassemia

First: children with thalassemia because of their own genetic genes will lead to a special face changes, generally children at the age of one year will appear above the face changes, the formation of thalassemia unique onset face, through these changes can make a diagnosis of thalassemia.

Second: children with thalassemia because of genetic hemolytic anemia, so children's complexion pale, when the complications of jaundice will appear, children will appear yellow complexion, the whole body's skin yellow symptoms, and facial bones will also appear great changes.

Third: thalassemia children's facial unified performance is that the head is much larger than the normal person's head, forehead and cheekbones are more prominent, the distance between the two eyes is relatively wide, and bar, no bridge of the nose, bridge of the nose seems to collapse in, and development is relatively slow.

matters needing attention

The traditional treatment of thalassemia is relatively difficult. Bone marrow transplantation is one of the effective methods to treat thalassemia, but it is expensive and the source of stem cells is difficult. Therefore, blood transfusion has become a routine treatment for thalassemia. Once suffering from thalassemia, the child needs constant exchange of blood.