Concerned...?

This is a personal question for ripened people just...no rude comments, please:

I've been to a certain extent diagnosed with Thalassemia (waiting for conformation from my hematologist), and I've notice that my vaginal discharge and vagina smells like iron! I've be to the gynecologist (Not about that, but to be tested and checked out) and they said everything be pretty much normal. I've hear that with Thalassemia, iron builds up surrounded by your gut, but the full Thalassemia diagnosis is still up for question. What could be the problem? and What should I do?

Thanks.
Answers:

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Well until you grasp confirmation that you do have the blood disorder treat this as something totally different. Call your GYN and ask the nurse if you should be see for this problem or just receive the appointment and talk to your doctor around it.
Good Luck

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perhaps you enjoy a deficiency of folic tart because when you have Thalassemia, your body is going to call for more folic acid.
Also, for plentiful patients with Thalassemia, they achieve an iron overload which may be why your body is peeing it out to try to get rid of excess iron. Many general public have to walk through iron chelation treatment to prevent iron overload which can damage internal organs, so it might be obedient your body is trying to get rid of excess iron. Ask your doctor what your iron rank is-it might be the problem.

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What Is Thalassemia?

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that cause mild or severe anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh). The anemia is due to reduced hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin) and fewer red blood cell than normal. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cell that carries oxygen to adjectives parts of the body.

In people near thalassemia, the genes that code for hemoglobin are missing or variant (different than the ordinary genes). Severe forms of thalassemia are usually diagnosed in rash childhood and are lifelong conditions.

The two main types of thalassemia, alpha and beta, are name for the two protein chains that make up mundane hemoglobin. The genes for each type of thalassemia are passed from parents to their children. Alpha and beta thalassemias enjoy both mild and severe forms.

Alpha thalassemia occurs when one or more of the four genes needed for making the alpha globin manacle of hemoglobin are variant or missing. Moderate to severe anemia results when more than two genes are artificial. The most severe form of alpha thalassemia is known as alpha thalassemia foremost. It can result in miscarriage.

Beta thalassemia occur when one or both of the two genes needed for making the beta globin chain of hemoglobin are alternative. The severity of illness depends on whether one or both genes are artificial and the nature of the abnormality. If both genes are artificial, anemia can range from moderate to severe. The severe form of beta thalassemia is also specified as Cooley’s anemia. Cooley’s anemia is the most common severe form of thalassemia within the United States.

since this is mostly inherited try asking ur parents and letting them draw from blood test!

hope this help! good luck

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Thalassemia (deriving from the greek word "Thalassa" that money "sea") is a heridatory disease that causes anemia (lower than everyday red blood cell count, lower hematocrit, lower hemoglobin etc). The reason it took this given name is because less oxygen (that give arterial blood its vivid red color) is carried in the blood (thus the vain-like dark red color of the blood derived of oxygen) making it look like vain-blood, thus kinda blue, or sea-like. That's history...

I cannot read between the lines what "partial diagnosis of thalassemia" may mean, so surrounded by fact, I'd dawdle for a confirmation of the disease to worry give or take a few it, as well as for the odor of iron you discribe...

The answer you get before this one, the hugely long one about the genes is fairelly accurate, so I won't walk into the details of the genes.

The reason iron is gather in the body contained by the course of the disease is that created red cells enjoy a shorter than normal ( common = 120 days approximatelly) life spam. When red cell (RBC's) are distroyed (mostly in the spleen) iron is released and reabsorbed by bone marrow to be used surrounded by the formation of new red cell. This circle has a specific size. Since a person beside thalassemia has its RBC's distroyed surrounded by a much shorter period, nearby is an overload of iron that cannot be transported, so it runs freely in the blood and is "stored" within many other organs (including heart, liver etc), causin "haemosiderosis", import high iron level in the blood and giant iron concentration in the organs. For an anemic personage this shouldn't be much of a problem... there is one take in for questioning though...

Thalassemia requires (or may require in its severe type, eg Cooley's disease) tranfusions. This ability that a person receive loads of iron (along with the red cells) appart from the iron in general absorbed beside food. We usually (in fact, always) perscribe medication that help with the clearance of the exess iron to those reception tranfusions more frequently than once a few weeks, and to everyone after a few years with the disease or a unquestionable iron pick.

I DONNOT believe you can actually smell the iron surrounded by your period blood, what I construe is that you are very anxious, or (and that should be checked by your GYNO) that you own an infection in the area, that give out an odor that confuses you. In any case, as tremendously well said since, you should certainly check beside your GYNO and your hematologist.