QUESTION: What is statistic in the United
States for Thalassemia?
ANSWER:
Thalassemia:
- Thalassemia is a type of inherited blood disorde rwhich cause
your body to have less Hemoglobin compared to the normal.Hemoglobin
is helps to carry the Red blood cells to oxygen.
- The main symptoms of the Thalassemia is weakness,fatigue, dark
urine, slow growth etc.
- Alpha Thalassemia is a type of Thalassemia which involving the
gene like HBA1, HBA2.
- People having Beta thalassemia having low level of Hemohlobin
which cause lack of oxygen in to many parts of the body.
- The blood transfusion is the only treatment for
Thalassemia.
Statistics Of United States For
Thalassemia:
- Due to shift in immigaration, Thalassemia is countiniously
increasing in United States.
- According to a report of National Institute of Health(NIH) in
2004 based upon the stastistic of Thalassemia, There are total 340
patients having Thalassemia from which 222 patients in United
States and other 120 patients are from Toronto.
- From total Thalassemia patients there are about seventy percent
cases are in 15 years of age and younger.
- The residents of these patients are West
Virginia,Newyork,Georgia,Maryland etc.
- In United State there are quick carrier screening of the
risk-population who have affected in Thalassemia , help to prevent
the new cases.
- For severe Thalassemia patient, Chronic Transfusion therapy is
used.
- According to survey it is found that in United State ,
Beta-Thalassemia is relatively rare.
- In general population , the incidence of symptomatic cases is
estimated about 1 in 100,000 indivisuals.
- In United state, there is about 0% to 5% of population has a
Thalassemia Trait and there is about 40% of genetic carrier.
- In eastern-mediterranean there is about 0% to 2% of the
population has Thalassemia traits.From this there is about 60% of
genetic carrier.
- According to a report it is found that In the United States the
Beta-Thalassemia is more diverse and common disease.
- In United State there is must be continious research and
education for healthcare provider to prevent both Alpha Thalassemia
and Beta Thalassemia.