Thalassemia Presentation
Thalassemia Presentation
Thalassemia Presentation
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Genetic
Disorder
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Thalassemi
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BY: JASMIN SIERRA
Alpha Thalassemia
Thalassemia Pedigree
I.
Traits
Thalassemia is an inherited disease that
may be inherited as an autosomal
recessive or dominant trait depending on
the type. Most thalassemia's are inherited
as recessive traits. Thalassemia is
autosomal dominant in a very small
percentage of beta thalassemia cases.
Thalassemia is most common in people
from Southeast and Central Asia, the
Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, and
North Africa.
Treatment
In general some treatments they receive are:
--blood transfusions --bone marrow transplant
---medications & supplements
---possible surgery to remove the spleen
and/or gallbladder
People who receive blood transfusions receive
extra iron that the body cant easily get rid of
and iron can accumulate in tissues, which can be
potentially fatal.
Facts
Leads to anemia is a disorder in which
your body doesnt have enough
normal, healthy red blood cells (RBC).
For people to know how they would
live depends on the type of the
disease they have for example
Hydrops fetalis which is usually fatal
either before or shortly after birth.
In severe cases you can have heart
failure in the 20s
Some people who have mild or minor
forms of thalassemia can typically
have normal lives.
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