thalassemia

• Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the body does not make enough hemoglobin, a red blood cell protein that carries oxygen to the cells in the body.
• There are different types of thalassemia characterized by the part of hemoglobin affected and the severity of the resulting anemia. Severe anemia can damage organs.
• Thalassemia is more common in persons with certain family ancestries.

Info about what it does:

Your body will try very hard to make more red blood cells. The main place where blood cells are made is the bone marrow, the dark spongy part in the middle of bones. Because your bone marrow may be working harder than normal, it might grow bigger. This causes your bones to expand, and may stretch your bones and make them thinner and more easily broken.

Chika's life can become a short lived one if nothing is done, studies show a lifespan in the low end of 30 Years and maximum 50 Years. a stamcel transplant can give her a normal life as anyone else..