Thalassemia Patients and Friends

Discussion Forums => Thalassemia Minor => Topic started by: elena89 on December 07, 2008, 05:24:28 PM

Title: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: elena89 on December 07, 2008, 05:24:28 PM

My bf has Thal "MINOR" and if we have kids,will they get Thal? I do not have Thal.
how does it and can it effect our future children?
And will it be minor or major?
Also my blood type is O and im not to sure what his is but would there be a problem and so forth?

Title: Re: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: Canadian_Family on December 07, 2008, 06:03:06 PM

Please provide some more details, what is the state of thal in your bf, is he minor, intermedia or major. Also, have you tested to confirm that you are not thal or carry the minor genes. This can only be determined through electrophesis test.

Blood type has no bearing on thal, so don't worry about it.

As a general rule, marriage between two thal minor has 25% chance they have a thal major child.

More details would be helpful.

Title: Re: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: Manal on December 07, 2008, 06:43:45 PM

Hi Elena and welcome to the site :urwelcome

As Canadian Family said, you need to say more details and which kind does your bf have a beta or an alpha.

You can see this diagrahm in this link it will give you a clearer picture

http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=278

manal

Title: Re: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: Sharmin on December 07, 2008, 06:44:04 PM

If your boyfriend has thal minor your children have a 50% chance of inheriting thalassemia minor.  If you do not have thal minor than your children cannot have thalassemia major.  If your boyfriend is thal major than your children will be thal minor for sure.  Your blood type will not have any impact on this.  

Thalassemia minor in most cases is asymptomatic, many people don't even know that they have thal minor.  It commonly causes mild anemia.   If you do have thal minor children it is important to give them proper nutrition and supplements and they should do fine.  Thals minors should avoid iron supplements unless if they are truly known to be iron deficient.  Once thal minor children grow up, find partners and plan families of their own - it is then important for them to know whether their partner also has thalassemia and to seek genetic counseling.  

Best of luck,

Sharmin

Title: Re: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: nice friend on December 07, 2008, 10:03:53 PM

Hi Elena ,
 :welcome To Thalpal , i hope you will find this communit very helpfull and caring ,, keep posting and stay in-touch with us ...

Umair

Title: Re: bf with thal gf without..can we have kids?
Post by: elena89 on December 08, 2008, 10:30:57 AM

thank you so much for all of the info it was greatly appreciated. And very helpful.
if i have anymore questions "which i most likely will" haha i will be posting.
thank you again!