Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder. Patients' red blood cells are fragile and likely to die. Therefore, patients have chronic hemolytic anemia. Your thalassemia can be hidden, mild or severe. Severe patients need lifelong regular blood transfusions and medication. Transplant therapy is getting bone marrow, umbilical cord blood or regular blood stem cells and transplanting them to the body of patient. If transplant treatment is successful, patient's bone marrow will get normal hematopoietic function and anemia can be cured.
How is Thalassemia treated in practice?