An unexpected diagnosis of Thalassemia major
A True story that I witnessed.
While studying medicine during her professional studies she never thought of a disease named Thalassaemia major could affect her own beloved son in future.
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Seven years ago, when she was getting married to a healthy,educated and fit person outside her community...not a single thought came to anyone's mind to get the blood screening done to exclude the possibility of thalassaemia minor in soon to be married couple...although she had read it before that both husband and wife should be screened for thalassaemia minor by a simple test which is called hemoglobin electrophoresis,because if both of them are affected with thalassaemia minor,there are 25% chances of having a Thalassaemia major child in each pregnancy. she forgot this information as it was according to the plan of Allah Almighty and she was going to be tested by a trial...A trial that could either turn her down or could raise her up.
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Seven years ago, when she was getting married to a healthy,educated and fit person outside her community...not a single thought came to anyone's mind to get the blood screening done to exclude the possibility of thalassaemia minor in soon to be married couple...although she had read it before that both husband and wife should be screened for thalassaemia minor by a simple test which is called hemoglobin electrophoresis,because if both of them are affected with thalassaemia minor,there are 25% chances of having a Thalassaemia major child in each pregnancy. she forgot this information as it was according to the plan of Allah Almighty and she was going to be tested by a trial...A trial that could either turn her down or could raise her up.
here it goes,soon they were blessed with a baby girl a year after marriage,with the grace of Almighty (Alhamdulillah)........the baby daughter was healthy and had no health issues.
After 3 years they were again blessed with a baby boy...he was fine and fit,until he was 5 months old,he got pallor,fever and swelling over his eyes...something was wrong she decided to go to hospital instead of going to nearby clinic.they took him to the hospital and shocked to know that his haemoglobin level was just 4.5 which should normally be between 12 to 14.....it was too low so he was immediately treated in emergency and got his first blood transfusion.
. Investigation was going on..along with genetic analysis of baby ...parents were also asked to give their blood samples for screening... she felt bad when Dr predicted that her son might be having abnormal haemoglobin and he might have thalassemia major which is a chronic illness that requires regular blood transfusion because the body is incapable of producing healthy heamoglobin by itself.
She recalled one case of Thalssaemia major in her maternal side of family but she denied it in her case because she was married totally outside her community...she thought that his son's anemia could be due to other reason may not be due to Thalassaemia major,but the reports came and it confirmed the diagnosis of Thalassaemia major.
The long story short, both parents found to have thalassaemia minor which is usually hidden and remain undiagnosed for years if not checked by a blood test.
Thalssaemia major is an inherited genetic blood disorder which can only occur if both parents have Thalassaemia minor or carrier of this disease. The good news is that, if one of the parents is normal and another is the carrier, then only thalassaemia minor can occur in their children, not the Thalassaemia major.
Don't you think it is advisable to screen and check its presence before marriage?
Don't you think Prevention is better than cure?
what preventive programs and measures you think that should be taken to prevent Thalassaemia major ?
please share your thoughts about Thlassaemia major.If you are suffering from it please share your story....I want to keep this blog interactive so that we can benefit from it mutually. Thanks for reading.
She recalled one case of Thalssaemia major in her maternal side of family but she denied it in her case because she was married totally outside her community...she thought that his son's anemia could be due to other reason may not be due to Thalassaemia major,but the reports came and it confirmed the diagnosis of Thalassaemia major.
The long story short, both parents found to have thalassaemia minor which is usually hidden and remain undiagnosed for years if not checked by a blood test.
Thalssaemia major is an inherited genetic blood disorder which can only occur if both parents have Thalassaemia minor or carrier of this disease. The good news is that, if one of the parents is normal and another is the carrier, then only thalassaemia minor can occur in their children, not the Thalassaemia major.
Don't you think it is advisable to screen and check its presence before marriage?
Don't you think Prevention is better than cure?
what preventive programs and measures you think that should be taken to prevent Thalassaemia major ?
please share your thoughts about Thlassaemia major.If you are suffering from it please share your story....I want to keep this blog interactive so that we can benefit from it mutually. Thanks for reading.
A mass awareness program
ReplyDeleteyes definitely..awareness programs along with the implementation of some regulations like early screening of thalassaemia minor should be compulsory at school/college level or when people come for making national identity cards.
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