Is There Any Test To Determine Thalassemia Disease?

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2016

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Sat, 23 Jan 2016 Answered on

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Question : Do we have any tests which can determine chance being thalesemic carrier?

Asking this as one of my cousins has thalesimia.

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
yes definitely there is

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

We have a test called hemoglobin HPLC in blood which can easily detect thalassemic carrier. If the hba2 is elevated in that then he or she is thalassemic carrier.

If two thalassemic carriers get married, then they can give birth to thalassemic major child.

Hope this helps.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Indranil Ghosh (8 hours later)

Thanks doctor.
Please suggest the labs where these tests are done in XXXXXXX
How many days does it take to get the results?

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
there are many labs

Detailed Answer:
You can look at SRL labs, lal pathlabs, quest labs, etc apart from labs at major hospitals. You can Google them and get contact details.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar