Clinical Symptoms
Development & design: Samruddhi Walaskar
Concept & lead: Dr. Surabhi Srivastava
Data compilation: RGD Team
For queries & feedback: rgd.team@tigs.res.in
Age of disease onset
Diagnosis
Complete blood count (CBC)
Therapies
- Daily doses of folic acid
- Blood transfusions
- Splenectomy
- Iron chelation therapy (Reduce extra iron from your body)
- Avoid oxidant drugs because of the risk of hemolytic crisis
Recent Research
Resources
- Colah, R., Italia, K., & Gorakshakar, A. (2017). Burden of thalassemia in India: The road map for
control.
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, 2(4), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phoj.2017.10.002 - Munkongdee, T., Chen, P., Winichagoon, P., Fucharoen, S., & Paiboonsukwong, K. (2020). Update in
Laboratory Diagnosis of Thalassemia.
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7, 74. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.00074