Thalassemia Patients and Friends
Discussion Forums => Thalassemia Minor => Topic started by: rumsy on March 03, 2012, 01:36:07 AM
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My 4 year old girl has been diagnosed with beta thalassemia trait her father also have BTT and in her father family amemia is there,im attaching my kids blood report plz tell me is it beta thalassemia trait or beta thalassemia intermedia,im worried because her Hbf is 6.1 whereas in most sites its refered thatiit should be upto 5 in BTT,im attaching her blood report below
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plz andy,narendra u people should help and clarify me,im so stressed after getting the results and ur words will really comfore me.
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The Hb level is 10.9. This is thal minor. An intermedia child at age 4 would have a much lower Hb (6-8%). The HbF percentage is of no concern. Many minors do have an HbF of over 5% and intermedia is usually higher than 10%.
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Thanx a lot andy for your reply,did this HbF remain the same or will it increase or decrease on a span of time?
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The HbF may vary but will remain higher than that of a non-thal. The effect of the high HbF is to raise the Hb level closer to normal, so it does have some benefit, as a higher Hb reduces the amount of unnecessary bone marrow activity.
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Regarding the medications im giving her multivitamin gummies,in addition to that can i give her calcium tablet coz sometimes she feels uncomfortable when somebody pulls her hand forcely,and what about cod liver oil is it good to giver her that also,i forgot to mention just now i went through all about this site and about your friend lisa and your dedication to this site,really you are doing such a great job by helping others :)
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Cod liver oil is OK (even if I have bad memories of my mom forcing me to take it as a child). AS long as the gummi is iron free, it's fine. Calicum is also good, but vitamin D is essential for calcium to be absorbed. In general, I ask people to get tested for vitamin D deficiency because it is the most common vitamin deficiency and it is needed for the absorption of so many other nutrients.
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Andy the gummies which im giving is iron free and it contains vitamin D as cholecalciferol 400 IU and folic acid 200mcg is it enough or i should give her additional dose,may b next time i will check her vitamin d level also.Thanx.
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Hello andy plz can u reply for my previous question?plz
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Those are good doses for her age. Depending on whether or not she gets much sunshine, you might want to get her D level checked. Sunshine is the preferred source of D, but we supplement when we can't get regular sunshine.