Thalassemia history and symptoms
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Overview
History
Patients with thalassemia usually have a family history of thalassemia. The defective alpha- or beta-globin chain can be inherited from a patient's mother or father. In the case of severe thalassemia, symptoms begin early in life.
Symptoms
- Fatigue: This is the most common symptom of thalassemia. Fatigue is due to impaired oxygen delivery to peripheral tissues. Fatigue is commonly the first presenting symptoms and can occur early in childhood. Typically, fatigue is the symptoms that prompts additional workup that leads to a diagnosis of thalassemia.
- Bone deformities in the face:
- Growth failure:
- Shortness of breath:
- Yellow skin (jaundice):
Persons with the minor form of alpha and beta thalassemia have small red blood cells but no symptoms.