INSTITUT PEDIATRIK HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR KETAHUI PUNCA TALASEMIA DR HISHAMSHAH IBRAHIM INSTITUT PEDIATRIK HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR

What is blood? Blood consist of a yellow fluid called plasma and different types of blood cells such a red blood cells and white blood cells Red blood cells contain haemoglobin; a substance that carry oxygen The body needs oxygen to function and haemoglobin carries the oxygen from the lungs and delivers it to different parts of the body Blood is red because of the iron content in the haemoglobin Thalassaemia is a disease of red blood cells

Red blood cells There are millions of haemoglobin in each red Each haemoglobin carries 4 molecules of oxygen (O2).

Basic structure of haemoglobin protein Each haemoglobin is made up of iron and 4 protein chains The adult haemoglobin ( Hb A ) is made up of 2 alpha and 2 beta chain

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