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World Thalassaemia Day 2023
News: World Thalassaemia Day is celebrated on May 8, every year.
Thalassaemia is the name for a group of inherited conditions that affect a substance in the blood called haemoglobin.
People with thalassaemia produce either no or too little haemoglobin, which is used by red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body.
Thalassemia can cause anaemia, leaving you fatigued.
It mainly affects people of Mediterranean, south Asian, southeast Asian and Middle Eastern origin.
It is caused by faulty genes that affect the production of haemoglobin.
A child can only be born with thalassaemia if they inherit these faulty genes from both parents.
It’s also possible to be a “carrier” of thalassaemia, also known as having the thalassaemia trait.
