Thalassemia awareness

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Thalassemia awareness

Bring Thalassemia awareness,to every sort of person living in here.. Save lives. Now is the time to throw this headache away from pakistan.. Save your life too. You might not know the THALASSEMIA MAJOR OR MINOR's monster could be growing inside you.. Hence to prevent, get yourselves tested to get rid of this disease soon.. !
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Get yourself tested 4 HEOMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS today.its a test for the diagnosis of thalassemia.If you are found positive with it so don't marry a person having thalassemia minor otherwise some of your children will have thalassemia major.THALASSEMIA MAJOR has no treatment except the blood transfusion within 15 days to 1 month.
spread & aware your surroundings.

THALASSEMIA:
Thalassemia is an inherited characteristic of the blood. It reduces the amount ofhemoglobin in a human body, leading to anemia.

POSSIBILITY:
There are three possibilities:
A person can be NORMAL or THALASSEMIC MINOR(only a carrier not spreader of disease) or THALLASEMIC MAJOR.

THALASSEMIA MINOR: A person inherits one thalessemia gene from one parent and one normal gene from other parent.You were born with this condition and you will have it all of your lifetime.
There is no need for treatment and most people who have inherited this are not sick and probably do not know they have it.

THALASSEMIA MAJOR: Thalassemia Major occurs when a person inherits two Thalassemia genes, one from each parent. Both parents must have Thalassemia Minor. When two individuals who have Thalassemia Minor marry, there is a 25% chance that any pregnancy can result in a child with Thalassemia Major.
Two of four children will have Thalassemia Minor and 1 of 4 will be normal.

DIAGNOSIS:
• A test called HEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS shows the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin.

PREVENTION:
-If you marry a person who does not have Thalassemia Minor, your children may have Thalassemia Minor.
-If you marry a person who does have Thalassemia Minor, some of your children may have Thalassemia Major.
You must decide if you want to take this risk in planning your family.
DO NOT MARRY WITH THALASSEMIA MINOR OR MAJOR PERSON IF YOU ARE MINOR TOO.

TREATMENT:
Treatment involves blood transfusions that must be given every 4 to 6 weeks to sustain life.


About 3-6% of Americans of Italian and Greek descent have Thalassemia Minor. Thalassemia has also been found in people of many ethnic backgrounds, so it cannot be called a Mediterranean disease. Other areas affected are the Mid East, India, Pakistan and Southeast Asia.

NOTE: BEFORE YOUR MARRIAGE,GO GET YOURSELVES AND YOUR PARTNER BE TESTED.. !