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health advisory Hospital Mens Health 2007-11-15 5:34:42

hey ppl.. nebody knows abt the problem called "thalessimia" ??????? i mean wats it nd wats the cure 4 it????????

Answer:

I had no idea what it was but after I searched for it on Yahoo! there is a whole website about it

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Thalassemia is the most common, inherited single gene disorder in the world.

There's a good article about it here:

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Thalassaemia may have originated over 50,000 years ago. In a valley south of Italy and Greece now covered by the Mediterranean Sea. The name Thalassaemia is derived from a Greek word meaning sea. But Thalassaemia was recognised as a clinical entity by Dr Thomas Cooley and Dr Pearl Lee who described five cases of Thalassaemia in 1925. (Oscar, Charles, Daniel, Eero, Peter, Munseys, Richard, Roy and Thomas 1987 page 284)

Thalassaemia is an inherited disorder in which there is an abnormality in one or more of the globin genes. To understand more about Thalassaemia you need to know a little about blood and about anaemia. Blood is made up of a lot of red cells in a clear, slightly yellow liquid called plasma. Red blood cell are produced constantly. Blood cells are replaced very quickly. That's why people can often give blood frequently.

The red in a persons blood contains a substance called Haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is very important because it carries oxygen from the lungs to where ever it is needed in the body. It also contains a lot of iron, and when red blood cells are broken down, most of the iron from the Haemoglobin is used again to make new Haemoglobin. People lose some iron from their bodes when urine is passed, this is compensated for when eating food which contains iron. The main reason why people need iron in their food is to make Haemoglobin. (McLaren June 1993 page 1)