If you or your child gets a diagnosis of the blood disorder beta thalassemia, it's important to find out which type it is. The kind of disease you have affects the symptoms you can expect and the ...

beta-thalassemia minor, which causes few or no symptoms beta-thalassemia major, which causes serious symptoms and may require blood transfusions beta-thalassemia intermedia, which causes symptoms ...

The anemia that is associated with thalassemia may be severe and is accompanied by ineffective erythropoiesis, with bone expansion and extramedullary hematopoiesis in the liver, spleen, and other ...

A blood test that could help alleviate the suffering of thousands of people with sickle cell disease and thalassemia is to be introduced by the NHS in what will be a world first.

Managing thalassemia requires regular medical monitoring and, in certain situations, specialist medications in addition to dietary considerations. For example, blood transfusions can help restore the ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells. Symptoms include jaundice, chest pain, breathing problems, and more. Various complications can ...

If you have beta thalassemia and you're pregnant -- or plan to start a family -- there are steps you should take to protect your health and you baby's health. With the right care, you should be able ...

Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder that is associated with a reduction in hemoglobin in red blood cells (RBCs) and, subsequently, insufficient oxygen reaching cells in the body. Image Credit: ...

CONVINCING evidence has been presented that the term thalassemia does not describe a specific or homogeneous entity. Bather, it refers to a group of heritable defects of hemoglobin synthesis ...

World Thalassemia Day is observed every year to raise public awareness about thalassemia. It will be observed on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder where the body ...

- Insights from Professor Sakorn Pornprasert, Dean, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences at Chiang Mai University, on raising thalassemia awareness in Thailand. Thalassemia, a genetic disorder ...