How do you get beta thalassaemia ?
We all inherit many of our characteristics through the genes we take from our parents, for example, the shape of our nose, colour of our eyes, whether we are tall or short and also the colour of our hair. Similarly we inherit our haemoglobin type through the genes we get from our parents. We get one haemoglobin gene from our mother and the other from our father. The usual, most common haemoglobin is normal haemoglobin A. If a person inherits two haemoglobin A genes they will have haemoglobin AA (commonly written HbAA).
Beta thalassaemia occurs as a result of a person inheriting a beta thalassaemia gene from one or both parents.
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