Symptoms of Beta thalassemia

Symptoms of Beta thalassemia

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Beta thalassemia includes the 18 symptoms listed below:

• Anemia - variable severity
• Reduced red blood cell count
• Small red blood cell size
• Failure to thrive - infants
• Feeding problems - infant
• Fatigue
• Increased susceptibility to infection
• Pale skin
• Irritability
• Retarded growth
• Enlarged liver
• Enlarged spleen
• Jaundice
• Enlarged abdomen
• Dark urine
• Shortness of breath
• Normal at birth
• Progressive anemia
• more information...»

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• Hidden Causes of Beta thalassemia
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Beta thalassemia: Symptom Checkers

Review the available symptom checkers for these symptoms of Beta thalassemia:

• Anemia -- Symptom Checker
• Failure to thrive -- Symptom Checker
• Fatigue -- Symptom Checker
• Pale skin -- Symptom Checker
• Irritability -- Symptom Checker
• Enlarged liver -- Symptom Checker
• Enlarged spleen -- Symptom Checker
• Dark urine -- Symptom Checker

Beta thalassemia: Symptom Assessment Questionnaires

Review the available Assessment Questionnaires for the symptoms of Beta thalassemia:

• Anemia -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Fatigue -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Pale skin -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Irritability -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Enlarged liver -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Shortness of breath -- Assessment Questionnaire

Beta thalassemia: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Beta thalassemia:

• Facial bone deformities
• Gallstones
• Delayed puberty
• Osteoporosis
• more complications...»

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Do I have Beta thalassemia?

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Beta thalassemia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Fatigue Disorders -- serious diseases that may be undiagnosed:
  • Anemia -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Fatigue -- Undiagnosed
  • Lyme Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Thyroid Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Beta thalassemia:

• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Anemia Tests
  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
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  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
  • Sleep Apnea Testing
  • Home HIV Tests
• Home Anemia Diagnostic Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Beta thalassemia?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Beta thalassemia includes:

• Bone pain
• Pathological fracture
• more diagnoses...»

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Beta thalassemia: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Anemia - see all causes of Anemia
• Dark urine - see all causes of Dark urine
• Enlarged abdomen - see all causes of Abdominal swelling
• Enlarged liver - see all causes of Enlarged liver
• Enlarged spleen - see all causes of Swollen spleen
• Failure to thrive - see all causes of Failure to thrive
• Fatigue - see all causes of Fatigue
• Feeding problems - see all causes of Poor feeding
• Irritability - see all causes of Irritability
• Jaundice - see all causes of Jaundice
• Pale skin - see all causes of Paleness
• Retarded growth - see all causes of Poor growth
• Shortness of breath - see all causes of Shortness of breath

Beta thalassemia as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Beta thalassemia, it is also important to consider Beta thalassemia as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Beta thalassemia may cause:

• Anisocytosis
• Extramedullary haemopoiesis
• Facies abnormality
• Haemoglobinopathy
• Haemosiderosis
• Hypersplenism
• Hypochromia (erythrocyte)
• Ineffective erythropoiesis
• Leptocytes
• Microcytosis (erythrocyte)
• Osteoporosis
• Reticulocytosis
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Beta thalassemia
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• Online Diagnosis
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• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
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About signs and symptoms of Beta thalassemia:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Beta thalassemia. This signs and symptoms information for Beta thalassemia has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Beta thalassemia signs or Beta thalassemia symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Beta thalassemia may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Beta thalassemia symptoms.

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