#thalassaemia

World Thalassemia Day 2020: Thalassemia is a preventable blood disorder by staying committed to long-term treatment, says Dr Sakthivel Murugan

Treatment of thalassaemia is largely dependent on supportive care with blood transfusion, iron chelation and lately hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

What is Thalassemia?

Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders passed from parents to children through genes. It is a disease of the blood makes fewer healthy red blood cells and do not produce enough haemoglobin, the protein…

Studying the Thalassaemia’s. 

Price: [price_with_discount] Thalassaemia is the most common type of genetic disorder and yet public awareness of it is very low. Written by Sir David Weatherall, a leading authority in the area, the book describes early reports of the disease, historical accounts of its identification as an inherited disease, and considers recent developments in its treatment.New

Thalassaemia patients face medicine crunch

Kathmandu, October 30 Shortage of medicines required for the treatment of thalassaemia has hit patients hard of late. There are around 600 children who are undergoing treatment for thalassaemia in different hospitals of the country. According to Durga Pathak, President of Nepal Thalassaemia Society, medicine for thalassaemia is not easily available in all the pharmacies of the country as the…