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Hemoglobin H disease (alpha thalassemia) is a blood disease where one of the molecules that helps carry oxygen in the blood cell is missing. This causes a chronic form of anemia.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

Is a type of:

Blood disorders

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Symptoms

Fatigue
Stunted growth
Pale skin

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Hemoglobin H disease
Folic acid
2.4
5 reviews

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Hemoglobin H disease

Surgery

Splenectomy
3.6
7 reviews

Other treatments

Supportive care
Blood transfusion

Tests

Ferritin
Free hemoglobin
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification
Superconducting quantum interference devices
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