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Nakamori E, Shigematsu K, Higashi M, Yamaura K. Postoperative noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring is useful to prevent unnoticed postoperative anemia and inappropriate blood transfusion in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2021;12:21514593211060575. doi:10.1177/21514593211060575 is synthesized at a slightly reduced rate and homozygotes show mild globin-chain imbalance, similar to that observed in β-thalassemia Chronic kidney disease: Decreased kidney function can mean that your body doesn’t make enough erythropoietin, a hormone necessary for red blood cell production. and other forms of severe thalassemia intermedia. In particular, patients with HbE β thalassemia appear to be able to compensate

Haemoglobin E (Hb E): this is one of the most common beta chain haemoglobin variants in the world. It is very prevalent in individuals of Southeast Asian descent. People who are homozygous for Hb E generally have a mild haemolytic anaemia, microcytic red blood cells, and a mild enlargement of the spleen. A single copy of the haemoglobin E gene does not cause symptoms unless it is combined with another mutation (e.g., a mutation causing beta thalassaemia). Two mutated genes:Signs and symptoms will be moderate to severe. This condition is called thalassemia major, or Cooley anemia. Babies born with two mutated beta hemoglobin genes are usually healthy at birth butdisease starts to manifest after 6 months of life when fetal hemoglobin (Hb-gamma) disappears and is replaced by adult Hb.

Prevention of HbE β Thalassemia

The compound heterozygous state for HbE and β thalassemia, HbE β thalassemia, is a remarkably heterogenous disease with a Phillips J, Henderson AC. Hemolytic anemia: evaluation and differential diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2018;98(6):354-361. Haemoglobin Barts: this type develops in foetuses with alpha thalassaemia. It is formed of four gamma protein chains when there is a shortage of alpha chains, in a manner similar to the formation of Hb H. Hb Barts disappears shortly after birth due to dwindling gamma chain production. Neufeld LM, et al. (2019). Hemoglobin concentration and anemia diagnosis in venous and capillary blood: Biological basis and policy implications. Hemoglobin H can cause chronic hypochromic microcytic anemia and hemolytic anemia, which can worsen in periods of oxidant stress. This can be effectively broken down as ineffective erythropoiesis and increased hemolysis. The microcytic hypochromic anemia is due to impaired hemoglobin production due to decreased alpha chain synthesis and hyperhydration of the cell. The cause of the hyperhydration in alpha thalassemia is not clear. One theory argues that the K-Cl cotransporter stops early, thereby preventing the usual loss of K-Cl and water that is part of the red blood cell remodeling process.

If a person’s levels fall below these thresholds, they have anemia. However, low hemoglobin alone does not always diagnose the cause of anemia.Hemoglobin E homozygotes who coinherit the heterozygous state for α + or α 0 thalassemia have a mild hypochromic microcytic anemia with slightly elevated levels of HbF. Those who coinherit the genotype Lee AJ, Kim SG, Nam JY, Yun J, Ryoo HM, Bae SH. Clinical features and outcomes of JAK2 V617F-positive polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia according to the JAK2 V617F allele burden. Blood Res. 2021;56(4):259-265. doi:10.5045/br.2021.2021089