What Is Hemoglobinopathy

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What is Hemoglobinopathy
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Hemoglobinopathy

• Its a blood disorder that is caused by a
  genetically determined change in the molecular
  structure of haemoglobin.
• Defects in these genes can produce abnormal
  haemoglobins and anaemia
• The most important of the hemoglobinopathies
  are sickle-cell anaemia and thalassemia. 

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• Hemoglobinopathies are most common in populations
  from Africa and Southeast Asia
• Symptoms of Hemoglobinopathies are
• Vague pain
• Jaundice
• Enlarged spleen
• Mild to moderate anaemia
• Haemorrhaging. 

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Treatment for hemoglobinopathy

• Treatment for hemoglobinopathy includes
• Periodic blood transfusions
• Iron chelation therapy
• Will use drugs to treat the symptoms of
  sickle-cell disease include
• Analgesics,
• Antibiotics,
• ACE inhibitors
• Hydroxyurea. 

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Prevention for hemoglobinopathy

• Genetic counselling can be provided to at-risk
  couples.
• Should be tested to determine if the couple is at
  risk of having a child with clinically
  significant disease.
•  Chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis also
  can be used to diagnosis at-risk fetuses.

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Conclusion

• Reputed laboratories are providing
  hemoglobinopathy lab test which include a simple
  blood test
• Blood test evaluation is a group of tests that
  determines the presence and relative amounts of
  abnormal forms of haemoglobin in order to
  diagnose a haemoglobin disorder.

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