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Shortage of drug, Desferal 500 mg  hits thalassaemia patients in Karnataka

ABOUT THALASSAMEIA

• Inherited blood disorder
• Body produces an inadequate amount of haemoglobin – a protein molecule that carries oxygen in the red blood cells
• Results in the extreme destruction of red blood cells that leads to anaemia(condition in which the haemoglobin or red blood cells are less than the normal count)
• Mainly caused due to the abnormal haemoglobin synthesis
• Transferred by one of the parents who is a carrier of this disease due to either deletion of particular key gene fragments or a genetic mutation.
• Mild thalassemia requires no treatment, but acute thalassemia might require regular blood transfusions.