The
Sex - Thalassemia to date can not be cured, but can be prevented
penyebaranya. Those who have thalassemia gene carriers should not be married to
another carrier because it is likely her child will have thalassemia major.
As stated Ekowati Rahajeng, SKM, Kes, Director of Communicable Diseases Control Ministry of Health in the press about thalassemia Seminar at the Ministry of Health, Wednesday (16/05/2012).
Thalassemia is a disease which is sad because the patient must undergo a blood transfusion once a month to get a supply of red blood cells. This is very disturbing productivity.
In many cases, thalassemia major and did not reach old age because it died at the age of 19-30 years old.
Cases of death was not caused by thalassemia disease itself, but because of complications of organ damage due to excessive accumulation of iron in the organs of the body.
Thalassemia is a blood disorder characterized by red blood cell condition that is easily damaged because its age is shorter than normal blood cells.
If normal blood cells have a lifespan of 120 days, then the red blood cell thalassemia patients survive only 23 days.
Damaged red blood cells will be broken down into iron in the spleen. Because the blood damage occurs rapidly and massively, the content of iron accumulate in the body and can disrupt the function of other organs. Organ damage caused by the buildup of iron can lead to death.
There are two types of thalassemia, minor and major. Thalassemia minor is also called thalassemia carrier or carriers, that is if someone just carry genes that cause thalassemia major but has a healthy body condition.
Thalassemia thalassemia major is as dangerous as those mentioned above, and occurs when both parents have thalassemia minor.
"Thalassemia disease is not contagious and is caused by heredity. If one parent is a carrier, then there is probably 50% of children born as a carrier of thalassemia. However, if both parents carriers, then there is probably 50% of children are also carriers, 25% normal and 25% have thalassemia major, "said Ekowati.
Alarmingly, the disease is actually a lot of experienced people in developing countries, including Indonesia. In developing countries the ratio is 5 to 1000 people. While in Indonesia is estimated 1 in 10,000 people.
According to the Thalassemia Foundation of Indonesia, currently there are 4420 people known to thalassemia patients in Indonesia.
Based on the Health Research Association in 2010, there were five provinces have the largest known population who suffer from thalassemia, namely Aceh 13.4%, 12.3% of Jakarta, South Sumsatera Gorontalo 5.4% 3.1% and the Riau Islands 3, 0%.
As stated Ekowati Rahajeng, SKM, Kes, Director of Communicable Diseases Control Ministry of Health in the press about thalassemia Seminar at the Ministry of Health, Wednesday (16/05/2012).
Thalassemia is a disease which is sad because the patient must undergo a blood transfusion once a month to get a supply of red blood cells. This is very disturbing productivity.
In many cases, thalassemia major and did not reach old age because it died at the age of 19-30 years old.
Cases of death was not caused by thalassemia disease itself, but because of complications of organ damage due to excessive accumulation of iron in the organs of the body.
Thalassemia is a blood disorder characterized by red blood cell condition that is easily damaged because its age is shorter than normal blood cells.
If normal blood cells have a lifespan of 120 days, then the red blood cell thalassemia patients survive only 23 days.
Damaged red blood cells will be broken down into iron in the spleen. Because the blood damage occurs rapidly and massively, the content of iron accumulate in the body and can disrupt the function of other organs. Organ damage caused by the buildup of iron can lead to death.
There are two types of thalassemia, minor and major. Thalassemia minor is also called thalassemia carrier or carriers, that is if someone just carry genes that cause thalassemia major but has a healthy body condition.
Thalassemia thalassemia major is as dangerous as those mentioned above, and occurs when both parents have thalassemia minor.
"Thalassemia disease is not contagious and is caused by heredity. If one parent is a carrier, then there is probably 50% of children born as a carrier of thalassemia. However, if both parents carriers, then there is probably 50% of children are also carriers, 25% normal and 25% have thalassemia major, "said Ekowati.
Alarmingly, the disease is actually a lot of experienced people in developing countries, including Indonesia. In developing countries the ratio is 5 to 1000 people. While in Indonesia is estimated 1 in 10,000 people.
According to the Thalassemia Foundation of Indonesia, currently there are 4420 people known to thalassemia patients in Indonesia.
Based on the Health Research Association in 2010, there were five provinces have the largest known population who suffer from thalassemia, namely Aceh 13.4%, 12.3% of Jakarta, South Sumsatera Gorontalo 5.4% 3.1% and the Riau Islands 3, 0%.
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