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Does thalassemia affect my daughter with out a family inheritance? |
my daughter is 12 monthes old,her hemoglobin :14, mcv:69, and we are waiting for the iron resut ,is it possible to have a thalassemia although we have no a family history of it? Yes it is possible if you and your husband must carry the gene for it for your daughter to get the disease. It is an autosomal recessive disease. You may not have any family history of it, because they were not affected by it. They just carry the gene and don't know it. There is also a possibility of having it without the family carrying the gene, but that's very rare. |
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The only possible site of any use I could find was the one below. You can mail them and ask for specific advice...I hope you find what you want. ...lethargy in a thalssemic is directly related to the Hb levels. If you are lethrgic with normal Hb (around 10 gms% shd be OK) then you need to check out other problems. Certain infections are common... Look at this site: ... Thalassemia may or may not affect you right away. It is not related to the brain, so your mind is fine. It has to do with the making of blood cells, and may affect your spleen. Type it into your se... it is possible, but not advisible as your o2 levels would reduce, making you MORE anemic... ...Well, to try to put it into plain English, when her body makes red blood cells, it makes them abnormally. One of the parts of hemoglobin can't be manufactured right. Hemoglobin is the comp... There appear to be two types of major thalassemias: alpha and beta. You can find some reliable information from the US National Institutes of Health website at ... You were able to let your better judgment prevail for 6 years. Why change your attitude now??? Adoption is the way to go for you. ... |
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