Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder caused when the body does n’t make enough of a protein called hemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells. When there is n’t enough hemoglobin, the body’s red blood cells do n’t function duly and they last shorter ages of time, so there are smaller healthy red blood cells traveling in the bloodstream.
Thalassemia Symptoms:
These can include:
- Slow growth in children
- Wide or brittle bones
- Enlarged spleen (an organ in your abdomen that filters blood and fights disease)
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Pale or yellow skin
- Dark urine
- Poor appetite
- Heart problems
Thalassemia Causes and Risk Factors:
Thalassemia is genetic. It happens when you inherit mutated genes from your parents that change your hemoglobin. You have it from birth. You can’t catch thalassemia the way you catch a cold or the flu.
source from https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-thalassemia
