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If both partners are Thalassemia minor, then there are 25% chances of getting thalassemia major in child.
If any of one parner has T.Minor, then child may have same T.Minor trait, But there are no other probable health issues related to it.

Positive but whether pregnancy is ok or not needs to be confirmed by check up, other reports, sonography or repeat hcg-beta exacly 48 hours later.

Av block is often caused by fibrosis or sclerosis of the conduction system secondary to ischaemic cardiac disease or drugs. Another, less common, cause is of av block is severe hypothyroidism. They work by slowing down the production of thyroid hormone and do not cause permanent damage. While beta blockers will not change the levels of thyroid hormone in your blood, they will make you feel better by reducing some of the symptoms of hyperthyroidism, including increased heart rate, shakes, and ner...more

Baby have chance of being thalassemia major. You should concieve and go for regular check up to gynaecologist during pregnancy. You can consult me through Lybrate for homoeopathic treatment and further guidance.

That's very unlikely, but not impossible.
When you say HCG tests, it means either urinary HCG kit/ card or blood test, what is called as serum beta HCG.
Urine tests detect pregnancy a few days (3 to 5 days) later compared to blood test. It is because the pregnancy hormone, the so called beta HCG, gets produced by the placenta, secreted in the body to the blood stream and then gets excreted in the urine.
So, the first, more accurate and quantative (to know the rising titre when repeat...more

These medicines are normally safe for kidneys. Only if consumed over very long periods these medicines might be harmful.

No, it is not a life threatening disease.
Confirm the diagnosis with reliable labs, Hb-HPLC.
Precaution during the marriage age/period has to be taken.
He/she with Thalssemia minor should not marry a person with Thalassemia minor to avoid a offspring with Thalassemia major.
Thalassemia-'major' is a condition which requires life long blood transfusions, iron chelation or HLA matched Allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

No medicine required if bp below 140. Your present tablet contains 2 different bp medicines. Check your bp monthly on fixed dates after resting for 10 minutes. If it is invariably above 140, medicine is required. Ask your Dr. about alternative tablet with single chemical, avoid combination for mild hypertension, required only for severe cases.

Get your thyroid profile, cbc, blood sugar fasting checked from some lab. If everything is normal then do an ultrasound of abdomen.
For more details you can consult me.

Ivabradine acts by reducing the heart rate via specific inhibition of the pacemaker current, a mechanism different from that of beta blockers. Beta blockers work by blocking the effects of the hormone epinephrine, also known as adrenaline.