NJ Thalassemia Lawyers

Thalassemia

Thalassemia is a blood disorder that is genetically passed from both parents to their child. The disease is characterized by the body’s inability to create healthy red blood cells and hemoglobin, which carry oxygen through the body, resulting in a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream. Consequently, because of the lack of these blood components, those who are afflicted with thalassemia can present clinically with varying degrees of anemia. Thalassemia may cause bone deformities, heart failure, liver dysfunction, growth failure, shortness of breath and a shortened life span.

Thalassemia may require lifelong care including the need for multiple and ongoing blood transfusions (with secondary chelation therapy to remove excess iron from the body, accumulated because of the transfusions) and possibly the need for a bone marrow transplant.

Thalassemia can be detected before a child is born if adequate prenatal testing is performed. Detection of this disorder requires simple testing of the blood.

Thalassemia cannot be prevented. However, it can be diagnosed during the prenatal period, affording expectant parents the opportunity to determine the course of the pregnancy and/or to adequately prepare for the cost of future medical care their child will require.

If your child is afflicted with thalassemia, and you feel as though your prenatal screening was inadequate, or failed to detect the presence of this condition, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Blume Goldfaden. Our experienced NJ birth injury lawyers will evaluate the care you received and will help determine whether you may make a meritorious claim for medical malpractice. Call us at 973-635-5400 for a no cost consultation.

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