give a details of thalasamia.?

Answer 1

It is a genetically transmitted illness in which the hemoglobin chains formed in red blood cells are abnormal. A child with two thalassemia genes( transmitted from both parents) will need blood transfusions about every month from the age of 6 to 12 months. The child will also need Desferal injections starting after a few months to prevent complications due to the storage of iron in different organs. Bone marrow transplant is curative.

Answer 2

thalassemia, thalassanemia
thal-^-sTcmT-^, th^-las-^-nTcmT-^

any of a group of inherited disorders of hemoglobin metabolism in which there is impaired synthesis of one or more of the polypeptide chains of globin; several genetic types exist, and the corresponding clinical picture may vary from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal anemia.

Origin
[G. thalassa, the sea, + haima, blood]

Answer 3

http://www.thalassemia.com/