عنوان البحث(Papers / Research Title)
Beta Thalassemia
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عبد المهدي عبد الرضا حسن الشحماني
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عبد,المهدي,عبد,الرضا,حسن,الشحماني ,Beta Thalassemia , Time 7/7/2011 8:12:03 PM : كلية التمريض
وصف الابستركت (Abstract)
Beta Thalassemia
الوصف الكامل (Full Abstract)
Beta Thalassemia
Definition: Thalassemia is inherited disorders characterized reduced or absent amounts of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein inside the red blood cells. Two Basic Groups of Thalassemia Disorder Alpha Thalassemia • Beta Thalassemia: A person with this disorder has two • mutated genes There are 3 types of Beta Thalassemia Thalassemia Minor • Thalassemia Intermediate. • Thalassemia Major or Cooley s Anemia • Thalassemias Beta Thalasemia It is caused by a change in the gene for the beta globin component of • hemoglobin It can cause variable anemia that can range from moderate to severe. • Beta thalassemia trait is seen most commonly in people with the following • ancestry: Mediterranean (including North African, and particularly Italian and Greek), Middle Eastern, Indian, African, Chinese, and Southeast Asian (including Vietnamese, Laotian, Thai, Singaporean, Filipino, Cambodian, Malaysian, Burmese, and Indonesian Symptoms of Beta Thalassemia It is characterize by severe anemia that can begin months • after birth Paleness • Delays in growth and development • Bone marrow expansion. • Untreated Beta Thalassemia major can lead to child death • due to heart failure. Alpha and Beta Thalassemias The thalassemias are, therefore, considered quantitative • hemoglobin diseases. Because all types of thalassemia are caused by changes • in either the alpha- or beta-globin gene. These changes cause little or no globin to be produced. Treatment of Beta Thalassemia Regular blood transfusion helps prevent severe anemia • and allows for more normal growth and development There are various medications that target the production of • red blood cells (i.e. erythropoeitin) References First Known Heart Attack Associated With Beta- thalassemia Major Reported." Heart Disease Weekly • February 22, 2004: 10. Bowden, Vicky R., Susan B. Dickey, and Cindy Smith Greenberg. Children and Their Families: The • continuum of care . Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1998. "Thalassemias." In Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics , Volume 2, edited by Alan E.H. Emery, • MD, PhD, and David L. Rimoin, MD, PhD. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1983. Thompson, M.W., R. R. McInnus, and H. F. Willard. Thompson and Thompson Genetics in Medicine , • Fifth Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1991. Olivieri, N. F. "The Beta Thalassemias." The New England Journal of Medicine 341 (1999): 99-109.
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