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Can Thalassemia Minor Be Transmitted To An Unborn?

Hi I am a 30 years old man. My girl friend suffer from talasemi minor and I am normal. We want to get married. I want to know that is there any way to prevent of having the child with this problem. and if not the children with this problem could be normal; for example, they can do physical activities just same as the normal person? Regards
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Hello,

if you don't carry any defective thalassemia genes then the worst scenario for your children would be a condition like your girl friend's, that is thalassemia minor. Thalassemia minor causes a very mild chronic anemia that won't prevent individuals from engaging into physical activities.
If you're having one defective gene though, then caution is adviced because then you would have a 25% chance of having a child with a really serious problem (thalassemia major).
I hope I've helped!
If you'd like further information on this, please let me know and I'll be glad to answer.

Kind Regards!
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Can Thalassemia Minor Be Transmitted To An Unborn?

Hello, if you don t carry any defective thalassemia genes then the worst scenario for your children would be a condition like your girl friend s, that is thalassemia minor. Thalassemia minor causes a very mild chronic anemia that won t prevent individuals from engaging into physical activities. If you re having one defective gene though, then caution is adviced because then you would have a 25% chance of having a child with a really serious problem (thalassemia major). I hope I ve helped! If you d like further information on this, please let me know and I ll be glad to answer. Kind Regards!