What are the symptoms of thalassemia? Some patients may have jaundice.

Thalassemia is generally called thalassemia, thalassemia or thalassemia. The incidence of this disease is very high. If you suffer from thalassemia, you need to go to the hematology department for treatment. You must fully understand the cause of the disease in order to carry out the most effective treatment.

According to the different symptoms of thalassemia, it can be divided into mild thalassemia, intermediate thalassemia and severe thalassemia. The symptoms of mild thalassemia patients are not very obvious. Some patients will not have symptoms, while some patients will have mild anemia. The symptoms of patients during this period are often discovered when investigating family medical history.

The symptoms of patients with intermediate thalassemia are more obvious than those of patients with mild thalassemia. Patients with severe thalassemia may suffer from anemia after birth. Some patients may also have jaundice and stunted growth. Some patients may also have special manifestations, including forehead protrusion, protrusion of the two sides, thinning of the cortex, widening of the bone marrow cavity, and may also be complicated by lower limb ulcers, cholelithiasis and even chest masses, which are all very dangerous.

For such a serious disease as thalassemia, timely examination, diagnosis and treatment are extremely important. Nowadays, methods for examining thalassemia include nuclear red blood cell count examination, imaging examination, peripheral blood and bone marrow examination, etc. Based on the results of the examination, doctors can make the most effective diagnosis.

Nowadays, there are many methods to treat thalassemia. The more common ones include gene activation therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation allogeneic therapy, splenectomy therapy, iron chelation therapy, red blood cell transfusion therapy and general treatment. During the treatment, patients must actively communicate with the doctor and have confidence in the treatment, so that good treatment effects can be achieved.

To treat thalassemia, we also need to understand the main cause of the disease. Thalassemia is caused by insufficient or absent synthesis of globin chains. Knowing the cause of the disease can accurately prevent the occurrence of the disease. For the prevention of such diseases, people also need to develop the good habit of going to the hospital for regular physical examinations, pay close attention to changes in their bodies, pay attention to nutritional supplements, and maintain an optimistic attitude, so as to reduce the chance of disease.