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Is there any treatment to maintain normal height in Thal. Major

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mumtaz:
Hello friends
I observed that thal Major patients are short in height as compaired to normal person.
so i would like to ask that is there any treatment(medical Or deit) to maintain the normail height for the patient of Thal. Major.

thx and bye

§ãJ¡Ð ساجد:
Hello Mr. Mumtaz,

That is due to poor treatment. If you under transfuse your child then the lack of oxygen will retard normal functions of the body, furthermore Iron overload will damage the endocrine glands which result in stunted growth and development due to hormonal dis balance.

To avoid all that and to make sure that your child lives like normal person, keep his pretransfusion Hb above 10 and his SF low by transfusing on time and being faithful to the chelation therapy.

If you follow this then you can avoid all the complications that can happen to Thals.

Smurfette:
Sajid,

I would beg to differ with you on this topic... Only because its not always the case.... We here in australia and in some other parts of the world have thal majors who are taller than your average person...I have met some larger than life and taller thals in my life time..

For instance Miakis late husband was a tall man!!!  And chelation therapy at the time wasnt available when he was growing up...I am short because my parents are of short stature too...


So Mumtaz there is no diet... but if your child does have growth problems you should speak to your heamatologist and they would be able to advise you on growth hormones if they are available to you...But with todays modern technology and modern treatment I dont think that there would be any problems..

Hope this helps..

Canadian_Family:
Hi,

We think its a combination of factors discussed by Sajid and Smuefette. Genes play an important role in the height but can be effected by iron overload and low Hemoglobin levels. There is no set criteria some people may be effected more than others.

Regards

Andy Battaglia:
Genetics does play a big role in height, but getting sufficient blood as a young child has much to do with growth. Under-transfused children normally will not grow to their normal height and will also develop skeletal issues. And as Sajid mentioned, iron damage to the glands can also be a factor in growth. Overall, thals do tend to be shorter than non thals but there are exceptions as noted by Smurfette. Stan was tall and I have met other thals who have normal heights.

Proper treatment with excellent compliance will greatly increase a thal's chance of attaining normal height.

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