Is thalassemia very serious

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The incidence rate of thalassemia is not very high in China. It is a congenital genetic disease. The main harm is anemia. However, it does not mean that thalassemia must be very serious. Next, I will give you a brief introduction.

Is thalassemia very serious

First: thalassemia is not very serious. Thalassemia is a blood disease, and it is congenital. If one of the couples has thalassemia, the probability of their children suffering from this disease is 1 / 4. Thalassemia can be divided into a thalassemia and B thalassemia according to its basic causes.

Second: according to the severity of thalassemia can be divided into severe thalassemia, intermediate thalassemia and mild thalassemia. If patients with mild thalassemia, then the general impact will not be particularly large, because almost no symptoms, patients and normal people.

Third: if it is an intermediate type of thalassemia, although the harm is not particularly great, but with the growth of age, the disease will worsen, and the problem may be more serious when the patient is an adult. If it is a severe thalassemia, the problem will be more serious, and even threaten the life of the patient.

matters needing attention

Patients with thalassemia need to pay more attention to the diet in their daily life. On the other hand, they should have more rest. They can supplement some vitamins and folic acid appropriately. If it is serious, they can also consider hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.