Thalassemia Symptoms | Thalassaemia Symptoms
For the carrier or potential carrier of the thalassemia disease, there are some symptoms where the patient himself can observe whether he has the need to consult a doctor regarding the infection of the thalassemia disease, be it alpha thalassemia or beta thalassemia.
When compared between the thalassemia major and thalassemia minor, the thalassemia major will surely have more noticeable symptoms whereas the thalassemia minor will have significantly less noticeable symptoms, partly due to the trait's nature. For the less noticeable thalassemia minor, the carrier will have a mild anemia which means that the carrier will have a mild reduce in the red blood cells within his body. In addition to that, the thalassemia minor carrier will also have a mild enlargement in the spleen (organ which is located adjacent to the stomach and which stores or filters the blood).
For the symptom of a carrier infected with thalassemia major, some of the noticeable symptoms on the patient without the need to consult a doctor include symptoms like pallor where in pallor, the skin of the patient will gradually become pale and in the end, the skin may become near white. Besides white or pale skin, if an individual suffers from yellowish eyes and skins, he should also be alarmed about his health conditions as this might be a symptom of the thalassemia disease. Aside from that, a potential thalassemia carrier will also experience fatigue and tiredness more usual compared to a healthy individual. This means that, a potential thalassemia carrier will feel tired both physically and mentally. In addition to that, if an individual is suffering from shortness of breath, he should also be more aware about this health conditions as normally, an individual suffering from shortness of breath may very well be a potential carrier of the thalassemia disease. Last but not least, if blood trace is found on an individual's urine, the individual should visit his general practitioner as soon as possible as blood trace in urine may very well means that the individual is suffering from a severe disease such as thalassemia.
Generally, all of the symptoms mentioned above are easily detectable by the individual himself. If more than one of these symptoms occurs on an individual, he should immediately consult his general practitioner in order to further diagnose his health conditions.
