How To Spot Thalassemia Symptoms

The thalassemia disease encompasses the defective and decreased production of the hemoglobin, the component of the red blood cells that carries the oxygen in the blood as it is distributed to the entire body.

It is also responsible in transporting carbon dioxide or waste gas to the lungs for it to be expelled. With thalassemia, the body lessens the production of healthy hemoglobin cells as well as produces flawed hemoglobin. The body, therefore, has reduced quantity of healthy red blood cells.

People who have the thalassemia trait can have either severe or mild anemia. Anemia is an illness of the body where the amount of red blood cells is lower than normal. This also means that with thalassemia trait the red blood cells could be smaller than the normal size and the hemoglobin level in the blood is lower.