Genetic blood diseases are a group of diseases passed from parents to children. These diseases are caused by defects in the composition and formation of red blood cells, which render them unable to perform their normal functions and cause symptoms.
Types of Genetic Diseases:
1.Thalassemia: This occurs as a result of the insufficient production of hemoglobin, an important component of red blood cells, which become unable to transport oxygen to all cells.
Types of Genetic Diseases:
1.Thalassemia: This occurs as a result of the insufficient production of hemoglobin, an important component of red blood cells, which become unable to transport oxygen to all cells.
2. Hemolytic Anemia: This results from a deficiency in the number or dysfunction of red blood cells, and occurs as a result of the breakdown of red blood cells before their normal lifespan of 120 days.
3.Hemophilia: This is the name given to any of several genetic diseases that cause a defect and inability to control blood clotting.
4.Von Willebrand disease: A genetic disorder that causes spontaneous bleeding. Blood does not clot normally due to low levels of these factors, which are proteins important for blood clotting.
5.Hereditary spherocytosis: Due to a defect in the proteins that make up the membrane of blood cells, they become spherical.
Genetic diseases are considered among the most difficult to treat, but the discovery of stem cells has greatly contributed to their treatment.
