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What Is The Possibility Of Having G6PD?
My dad was diagnosed with myelofibrosis. He passed away five years ago and on his death certificate it says myelofibrosis Four years ago my nephew was born and he was diagnosed with G6PD Is it possible that my dad was misdiagnosed. Is it possible that he may have had G6PD as well?
Mon, 8 Dec 2014
Dear friend,
myelofibrosis is a chronic condition of bone marrow, where normal blood cells are replaced by fibrous tissue. it can be due to any condition, like idiopathic, tumor, infection, autoimmunity and so on. G6pd on the other end is a genetic condition that occurs in males and it presents with acute hemolysis of red cells of our body. they break down in our blood stream esp when we take certain drugs like primaquine, sulpha drugs and so on. You can also get tested for g6pd if you are a male(it occurs predo in males) and if you are a female u should get tested if planning to get pregnant. both myelofibrosis and g6pd are unrelated my friend and no medical literature to my knowledge says that they are related. do let me know if you have any more questions
myelofibrosis is a chronic condition of bone marrow, where normal blood cells are replaced by fibrous tissue. it can be due to any condition, like idiopathic, tumor, infection, autoimmunity and so on. G6pd on the other end is a genetic condition that occurs in males and it presents with acute hemolysis of red cells of our body. they break down in our blood stream esp when we take certain drugs like primaquine, sulpha drugs and so on. You can also get tested for g6pd if you are a male(it occurs predo in males) and if you are a female u should get tested if planning to get pregnant. both myelofibrosis and g6pd are unrelated my friend and no medical literature to my knowledge says that they are related. do let me know if you have any more questions
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