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How To Check For Severity Of Thalassemia?

Our adopted son has been diagnosed with thalassemia. But we do not know how severe it is(how many genes, it was said by a dr. probably 2 or 3) and he seems to be having a lot of health problems like his immune system is low. Do we need to have the thalassemia checked further?
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Definitly. There are 2 konds of thalasemia. Alpha and beta. Both has major amd minor types. Onmajor types we usually have to do serial blood transfusion. Its very important to do a complete workup started from complete blood count.
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How To Check For Severity Of Thalassemia?

Definitly. There are 2 konds of thalasemia. Alpha and beta. Both has major amd minor types. Onmajor types we usually have to do serial blood transfusion. Its very important to do a complete workup started from complete blood count.