Information for Thalassemia disease (under progress)
Thalassemia disease - is a genetic disease that inherit through family. - it is mean blood disorder problem as the body cannot generate enough healthy blood known as hemoglobin. key important point: - hemoglobin is build from bone marrow and spleen. - iron nutrient type of food may need to be limited as thalassemia patient usually may have overload iron. - non-gmo plant based food are important as genetic modify food are said to contain a lot of pesticide and can cause damage to organ body. - limit iodine intake. consequences from thalassemia disease: 1. increase risk of heart attack. 2. increase risk of cardiovascular disease. 3. increase risk of cardiac disease (iron overload) 4. increase risk of oversize spleen and bone marrow 5. increase risk of osteoperosis. bone end up becoming thin and brittle. 6. increase risk of infection nutrient important for thalassemia disease: : vitamin A - vitamin E - vitamin b6 (pyrodoxine) - folic acid (vitamin b9) - for