World Thalassemia Day Monday

The World Thalassemia Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe Monday.

The World Thalassemia Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe Monday to create awareness about the deadly disease and the importance of blood donation.
Different organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.
Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive blood disorders which gets inherited from parents to the children through genes. It is a blood disorder which causes weakening and destruction of the red blood cells, affects the formation of hemoglobin in the body and causes mild or severe anemia.
It causes complications like bone deformities, iron overload, cardiovascular illnesses, heart palpitations, enlarged liver, jaundice, enlarged spleen, enlarged bones of cheeks or forehead, delayed puberty and etc.