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What Does This Thalassemia Blood Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 2017

Question: My wife is pregnant and recently dine thalassemic trait test. Below are report

HbF is <0.08
HbA2 is 3.1

is it normal or having thalassemic minor?

correction:
My wife is pregnant and recently dine thalassemic trait test. Below are report
HbF is <0.8
HbA2 is 3.1

is it normal or having thalassemic minor?

Answered by Dr. Remy Koshy (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
reports are normal

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
Thanks for posting your query in HealthcareMagic,

Sorry for the delay in replying you,

I have gone through your query and have also viewed the attached report,

The values given are in the normal range for thalassemia trait. HbF is measured to look for alpha thalassemia and HbA2 is looked for to rule out beta thalassemia. HbA2 alone does not rule out beta thalassemia because its values may vary if there is co-existing iron deficiency.

But as per her blood counts, she do not seem to have any anemia or deficiency as such, though you could test for iron binding capacity and serum iron storage to rule out iron deficiency.

Hope I have answered to your query,

Please feel free to discuss further

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy