My son has Beta Thalassemia Major, So iron overloaded. How to overcome iron overload.
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Beta Thalassemia patients who takes regular transfusion develops iron overload. It can be overcome by regular oral chelation thetapy and monitoring of ferritin and liver and renal function parameters. Also need to monitor retinal and auditory function evaluation. You can contact hematologist for proper advice. Hope it will help you.
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Hi lybrate-user, beta thal major requires regular blood transfusion and with each transfusion we adding iron, it's like intravenous iron therapy and they child land with iron overload. To prevent it there should be proper counseling of parents regarding need of iron chelation and regular monitoring of the same is required.
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