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pleasance:
hi.. ANDY    AS PER UR SUGGESTIONS  HAVE STARTED THE DOSES BY BREAKING IT ONE TAB IN THE MORNIN AND ONE IN THE EVE.........AS THIS MARCH HER REPORTS WERE AS FOLLOWS    .kindly suggest
Baby Manit ...Age 9 Yrs.......takes asunra 800mg daily ........requires one unit of blood evry 15 days.....haemoglobin is maintained 10 .....the following are the reports
Serum Creatinine --------0.30   mg/dl
Sgot                  ---------44.0  U/L
SGPT               -----------52.00 U/L
FERRITIN           ----------4457.60   ng/ml


IRON OVERLOADING

HEART          16.43      mild
LIVER            1.40       MODERATE TO SEVERE


EXAMINATION DEXA, SPINE, HIP,Lt FOREARM

T SCORE    00
Z SCORE     -0.2


THANK YOU

Andy Battaglia:
The iron loading definitely needs strict attention. What is the child's current weight?

pleasance:
Hi andy
 my daughters current weight is 21 kgs.....

Andy Battaglia:
The current dose of Asunra is appropriate for the iron load of the child. Her kidney and liver values are all in range and these should be regularly monitored. Give the drug some time to work but you should see progress over the next 6 months with this dose.

pleasance:
 :rolleyes thank you andy....yea tht is wat evn i thought aftr seeing the reports as u had told me earlier tht this med takes time ....will do the tests again aftr 6 mnths tht is in september.....well andy i have also started  vit b complex and folvite on regular basis as she never took those med earlier
     one more quest i had was ....Is splenectomy must for evry thal major after a certain age.....and if no then wld like to know how to avoid it

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