Diseases

Mediterranean Anemia

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Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). ... Thalassemia is not just one disease. It is a complex contingent of genetic (inherited) disorders all of which involve underproduction of hemoglobin, the indispensable molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

SYMPTOMS

Anemia symptoms and signs.

Alpha thalassemia.
Anemia. Anemia is the condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood.
Blood transfusion.
Enlarged spleen.
Gallstones.
Genetic counseling.
Genetic disease.

CAUSES

Thalassemia is caused by mutations in the dna of cells that make hemoglobin — the substance in your red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your body. The mutations associated with thalassemia are passed from parents to children.