Thalassemia is a disease of deficiency of blood in body.It is a cause of Anemia.It is a disease of genetic origin of hereditary pattern.It means,it passes to generations through genes.It has autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance,means,all children of affected persons will not have the disease.
It is of two types=Thalassemia major and Thalassemia minor.In case of Thalassemia major,the child will have deficiency of blood after the age of 6 months and before the age of 12 months.This child will need repeated blood transfusion,every 3-4 weeks.But in case of Thalassemia minor,which is detected by blood tests,the child will have little deficiency of blood and will not require blood transfusion for this disease.
PRECAUTION IN CASE OF THALASSEMIA MINOR-If a child has been diagnosed as Thalassemia minor,he or she should not get married with a partner having Thalassemia minor.If they get married with the same trait,their child will have more chance to have Thalassemia.