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Thalassemia Learning Center
Complications could include:
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Liver Failure
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Localized Infection
- Congestive Heart Fa...
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Hemosiderosis
- Enlarged Spleen
- Abnormal Heart Rhyt...
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Untreated, thalassemia major leads to heart failure and liver problems, and makes a person more likely to develop infections.
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As discussed above, the prognosis for individuals with the most serious types of thalassemia has improved drastically in the last several years following recent medical advances in transfusion, chemo-, and transplantation therapy. Advances continu...
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As discussed above, the prognosis for individuals with the most serious types of thalassemia has improved drastically in the last several years following recent medical advances in transfusion, chemo-, and transplantation therapy. Advances continu...
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As discussed above, the prognosis for individuals with the most serious types of thalassemia has improved drastically in the last several years following recent medical advances in transfusion, chemo-, and transplantation therapy. Advances continu...
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Prognosis, as noted above, depends on the type and severity of the disease. Individuals with severe disease may be stillborn or die shortly after birth. On the other hand, some individuals with mild disease have a relatively normal life expectancy.
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Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
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Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen beyond its normal size.
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An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
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An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart's rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.
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