Thalassemia Questions

As you said your baby has thalassemia minor or trait. It will not affect the baby in a major way, she is going to have only slightly lower hemoglobin then peers. She may not be able to donate blood. And she carries a risk of having Thalassemia major offspring if married to a guy with thalassemia trait. Nothing else.

People who have thalassemia trait (also called thalassemia minor) carry the genetic trait for thalassemia but do not usually experience any health problems except perhaps a mild anemia. A person may have either alpha thalassemia trait or beta thalassemia trait, depending upon which form of beta protein is lacking. If you have thalassemia trait, your physician may prescribe iron supplements because your red blood cells are smaller than is typical. Unless you also have iron deficiency in addition ...more

Hemoglobin A2 (HbA2) is a normal variant of hemoglobin A that consists of two alpha and two delta chains (α2δ2) and is found at low levels in normal human blood.

Hello, The baby might be needed to be examined by the pediatrician. Exclusive breast feeding for first 6 months, is important. Later the child can be given protein and iron rich diet. Being thalesemic minor you should be worrying as they are usually anaemic, but a proper diet and regular examinations, might be needed.

You should go for USG for uterus and adnexa.
As you are thallasemia minor make sure that your husband should not be thallassemia minor positive.
Chances of baby being thal. Mazor will be their,
Take care.

Dear Lybrate user,
If you have Thalassemia, iron sucrose should not be taken. Consult Physician/ Hematologist regarding this. Various daals (specially sabut) and milk (and milk products) are good sources of protein.

Desferal is normally not recommended in first trimester and may cause harm to baby and it is not required for thalessemia minor patients.

Studies have shown that women receiving desferal thaerapy in pregnancy give birth to a normal baby without any problems but there are statistics which suggests that treatment could harm the baby and so I will suggest you to trust your treating doctor whether to give desferal therapy or not to give.

There is usually no need for add on iron in pregnancy or desferal injections for thalessemia minor/ intermediate patients. At worst baby may be only thalessemia minor if your husband is normal which is not a problem at all. Try to include all colors in your diet as in fruits and vegetables to have adequate supply of all essential elements and minerals.

I am assuming you are talking about beta thalassemia, which is the common one in this area. If you have beta thalassemia minor and your husband does not, then there is no chance that the baby can have the major form of thalassemia which is a disease of extreme concern and requires multiple blood transfusions throughout life. The baby would either have a normal pattern or at most get thalassemia minor, in which hb stays on the lower side, but the person is otherwise healthy, like in your conditio...more