Complications of Thalassemia
| About complications: Complications of Thalassemia are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Thalassemia. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Thalassemia and complications of Thalassemia is unclear or arbitrary. |
Complications list for Thalassemia: The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Thalassemia includes:
- Anemia - see also symptoms of anemia
- Leg ulcers (see Leg symptoms)
- Stillbirth (see Birth symptoms) - homozygous alpha thalassemia, the double dominant form of the condition causes stillbirth.
- Fractures
- Easy fracturing
- Skeleton deformity
- Thickening skull
- Skull deformity (see Head symptoms)
- Thickening facial bones
- Facial bone deformity
- Mongoloid facies (see Facial feature symptoms)
- Heart enlargement (see Heart symptoms)
Last revision: June 20, 2003
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