i need as much info about thalasemia major as possible please help me?

Question

i want to know as much as i can about this how seriouse what my son can eat and cant eat dose he suffer ? i know there is no cure but i want to know everything he needs blood transfussion every four weeks he is one years old he dosnt eat much he but he looks healthy to me so how can i know what is happeing to him and when it happens with the blood and iron plesae

Answer 1

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder where the body produces less hemoglobin. Hemoglobin helps red blood cells carry your body's oxygen. Low levels of hemoglobin may cause anemia and severe anemia can damage organs and lead to death.

There is too much information for me to post here and since you would like as much as possible, I will post links here to sites where the information is not overly technical. The first site is very good and very inclusive.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000587.htm
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=betathalassemia
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/477/main.html
http://www.genome.gov/10001221
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassemia