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Thalassemias
Are inherited blood disorders that can result in the abnormal formation of hemoglobin.
Symptoms:
- Fussiness
- Paleness
- Frequent infections
- A poor appetite
- Failure to thrive
- Jaundice, which is a yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes
- Enlarged organs
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Histological examination of bone marrow biopsy fragment