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 Thalassemia
major needs a regular blood transfusion, as the survival is
not possible without this type of therapy. Due to regular
transfusion there is excess of iron that gets deposited in
the body and if we don't remove this iron leads to deposition
of this iron in different organs of the body and ultimately
the child suffers with multiple problems at very young age.
To remove this iron a drug known as desferol is used which
the patient takes 5 days a week.
Prevention
of this disease
Thalassemia
is an inherited disorder. Whenever two Thalassemia minor have
a child there are 25% chances of Thalassemia major child,
50% chance of Thalassemia minor child and 25% chances of a
normal. In families where the carries are common should avoid
inter-relative marriages as this is an inherited disorder
and runs in the family.
Permanent
treatment of Thalassemia
Bone marrow
transplant is the only hope for these children by providing
the matched donor is available. The cost is too much so that
most of the families living in Pakistan with limited resources
with no medical package cannot afford this type of treatment
so the ultimate answer is prevention.
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