Prevalence, Geographical Distribution, Social Problems and Treatment of Thalassemia Patients.

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dc.contributor.authorBasu, Indranil
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, Ananda Kumar
dc.contributor.authorRay, Biman
dc.contributor.authorAdhya, Debasis
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-13T11:29:23Z
dc.date.available2015-04-13T11:29:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.description.abstractA total of 700 beta thalassemia patients were gathered at the outdoor of the Hematology department of Medical College, Kolkata, attending during the period from January 2010 to December 2010. The data is generated by the interaction between them and their family members in presence of the physicians. Actual ethnic identities, place of residence, parity and sibship together with social stigma, if any, faced by the patient or by the member of the family and details of their treatment including transfusion history were noted down and reconfirmed from past records. The prevalence of thalassemia was found 70% among Hindus of which the 62.26% was contributed by castes like Maishya, Namasudra, Barga Kshatriya and Panda Kshatriya. The relative prevalence of subtypes of b-thalassemia was found to be 65% E-b thalassemia, 30% Homozygous b-thalassemia and 5% S-b thalassemia. The aboard of the 85.28% patients were found to be localised along banks river Hooghly and Ganga delta region and we can thus consider tentatively that this belt is a thalassemia zone in West Bengal. The maximum number of cases showed parity to be 1 and there was considerable amount of reproductive wastage. Regarding social stigma, 82.71% responded with no stigma. Early diagnosis and early onset of transfusion with chelation therapy was found to provide benefit for the patient reducing the total amount of transfusion needed per year and also restoring the quality of their life.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBasu Indranil, Mukhopadhyay Ananda Kumar, Ray Biman, Adhya Debasis. Prevalence, Geographical Distribution, Social Problems and Treatment of Thalassemia Patients. Indian Medical Gazette. 2012 Jun ; 145 (6): 214-219.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/157413
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/ice/t12/i6/icet12i6p214.pdfen_US
dc.subjectethnicityen_US
dc.subjectthalassemia zoneen_US
dc.subjectsocial stigmaen_US
dc.subjecttreatmenten_US
dc.subject.meshAge Groups --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshEthnic Groups --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshEthnic Groups --ethnology
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshIndia --ethnology
dc.subject.meshPopulation Groups
dc.subject.meshPrevalence
dc.subject.meshPhylogeography
dc.subject.meshSocial Stigma
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --diagnosis
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --ethnology
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --etiology
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --psychology
dc.subject.meshThalassemia --therapy
dc.titlePrevalence, Geographical Distribution, Social Problems and Treatment of Thalassemia Patients.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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