Thalassemia Patients and Friends

Discussion Forums => Thalassemia Minor => Topic started by: anisa on July 26, 2011, 08:42:25 PM

Title: Do we risk of Gout? What about renal litiasis?
Post by: anisa on July 26, 2011, 08:42:25 PM

According to what I know this microcytic erithrocytes tend to be more fragile and are ruptured easly which means more uric acid must be in blood and more will pass in the kidneys....so this will mean that we can/already have gout or stones in kidney?

Title: Re: Do we risk of Gout? What about renal litiasis?
Post by: Andy Battaglia on July 27, 2011, 03:22:40 AM

This is more common in thal intermedia and major and the hemolysis byproducts of bilirubin and uric acid do lead to gallstones and kidney stones, but not so common in thal minors. Minors with enlarged spleens would be more prone to these problems.