Thalassemia minor

Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders. If you have one, your body makes fewer healthy red blood cells and less hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein that carries oxygen to the body. That leads to anemia. Thalassemias occur most often among people of Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Southern Asian, and African descent.Thalassemias can be mild or severe. Some people have no symptoms or mild anemia. The most common severe type in the United States is called Cooley's anemia. It usually appears during the first two years of life. People with it may have severe anemia, slowed growth and delayed puberty, and problems with the spleen, liver, heart, or bones.Doctors diagnose thalassemias using blood tests. Treatments include blood transfusions and treatment to remove excess iron from the body. If you have mild symptoms or no symptoms, you may not need treatment. In some severe cases, you may need a bone marrow transplant.NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Disease Alternative Name

thalassemia

mediterranean anemia

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Dr. Pradip Patil

General Practice (Ayurveda)

Dr. Subhashkumar Bharti @Dr. Vijay Nagaonkar A 30yr/F with k/c/o thalassemia minor not on any Regular tretment c/o bloo...See More

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Dr. Ashutosh Chandan Dubey

Dr Strange

Beta Thalassemia Minor. Chief Complaints A 24 yr old female attended Mopd with Generalized weakness,Hair fall,low a...See More

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Dr. Ashutosh Chandan Dubey

Dr Strange

Beta Thalassemia Minor. Chief Complaints A 23 yr old male attended Mopd with Generalized weakness,Fatigue,palpitation...See More

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Dr. Ashutosh Chandan Dubey

Dr Strange

Beta Thalassemia Minor. Chief Complaints A 42 yr old Male attended Mopd with fatigue and Generalized weakness on an...See More

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Dr. Yogesh Varma

Internal Medicine

ATYPICAL Case of BETA THALASSEMIA MINOR

"ATYPICAL Case of BETA THALASSEMIA MINOR" A 23yo male complaining of fatigue and exertional dyspnea. Beta thalassemia...See More

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Dr. Dipti Vanzara (Pt)

Physiotherapy

29 years old female is having sudden onset of chest pain and left arm pain persist for an hour. she is thalassemia mino...See More

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Dr. Krishnan Pichumani

ECG shows sinus tachycardia, STT changes in inferior leads . Thalassemia major is known to be associated with arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy due to iron over load , and infiltrations of iron into cardiac muscle . These are rare in Thala...

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Dr. Narendra Chorasya

Internal Medicine

thalassemia case

A 28 yrs old female having complain of breathlessness since 3 years, initially patient was diagnosed as allergy to pollens since then she was on montelukast nd MDI , breathlessness relieved on medication nd aggravate on exertion, even on ac...See More

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Dr. Shivraj Agarwal

General Practice

Obviously she is a c/o minor thalassemia and it's consequences her complaints corelate to it Get thalassemia profile done If pt is anaemic needs BT She should be on steroids in low maintenance doses Antihistamines+monteleukast Sos MDI if ...

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Dr. Dipti Vanzara (Pt)

Physiotherapy

33 years old female is having fever since 2 months. She is complaining that she had rice in temperature more in night w...See More

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Dr. Kute Ankush

General Practice

IT'S A..CASE OF.. PYREXIA..WITH.. LEUKOCYTOSIS.. & .. URINE..PUS CELLS ..15-20.. ? URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS.. NEED'S CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL EVALUATION WITH.. * URINE C AND S EXAMINATION.. * BSR..HBA1C.. * USG..ABDOMEN.. * MEANWHILE TREAT SYMPT...

Dr. Chandrakant Patil

Homeopathy

see the patient of thallasemia minor patients reports during homoeopathic treatment the patient improves very vell and m...See More

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Dr. Gowdaman Kuttagam Swamy

Pediatrics

was thought of as pre hepatic turned out to be hepatic jaundice.

I have anew born whose mother is a case o thalassemia minor.should the baby screened ?or to be followed?@

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Dr. Gowdaman Kuttagam Swamy

Pediatrics

it developed bilirubinemia direct and usg was suggestive of biliary atresias .handed over to pediatric surgeon and gastro enterology. further follow up is on.