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My son is a Thalassaemia Major

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nice friend:
Hi Bernard ,
 :welcome To the family , i hope you will got all the answers of your concerns and questions , its realy nice to have you here , soo please stay in-touch with us and keep posting . best regards for you your family and especialy to your Son .. may God bless him with good & healthy life full of joy and life ...

Take Care
Umair

Zaini:
Hi Bernard,

Welcome on the forum,Jade is exactly right,do have a genotype and phenotype testing of blood done prior to his first transfusion,because once you transfuse him phenotype testing will not be an option any more,this is necessary because when patients are chronically transfused they can sometime develop some kind of antibodies which can cause problems in the future.

Is there any chance that you can repeat your electrophoresis? and if it still comes negative then can you have DNA test done? because if your son is a thal major then you must be a silent carrier or have some other kind of blood disorder.

Zaini.

Manal:
Hi Bernard,

If you were a silent carrier, electrophoresis will not show that and it is only the DNA test.

As for the spleen and the liver, it is normal that they get enlarged with severe anemia as they are trying to help the body produce more blood but when the body maintain a hb above 10, their size will retur to the normal. I would like you to read the thread below to get an idea about thal and what to expect. You can read it in this link
http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?topic=1571.0

http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?topic=1575.0

Also you can read about all you need to know about blood transfusion in this link

http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?topic=2257.0

As Jade said and to avoid any complications genotyping and phenotyping tests should be done before transfusion  to avoid any future complications that might rise from antibodies formed in the your son's body.

Bernard, where are you located and how is your son doing so far? Is he normally develping? What about his eating and sleeping habits?

manal

Andy Battaglia:
Bernard,

There are some hemoglobin traits that are not easily found by electrophoresis. The founder of this group carried the Lepore trait in addition to beta thalassemia trait. The combination of the two results if transfusion dependent thalassemia. We have a member of our group who was tested three times as negative for carrier before having a child and the child has thalassemia. It turns out that the father carries the Lepore trait. This is one example, but there are some traits that are not easily found, so DNA analysis is the only sure solution. If you can get a DNA analysis done for both yourself and the child, it should explain everything.

We are here to offer advice and support and I am sure we have members in your country. Your child will need to transfuse and we can help guide you through everything involved.

Lyanne:


  Hey Bernard! Welcome to the big family!  :hugfriend

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