Patient's question:
Marriage check-up results: My husband is a heterozygous carrier of codon17 (A>T) beta0, and I have no detected abnormalities. Will our future children be affected?Doctor's answer:
Thalassemia is a hereditary hemolytic disease. If only the male is a carrier, it is possible to conceive. First of all, if a carrier of thalassemia has a child, there is a high possibility of passing it down to the next generation. However, it is just a possibility and not a 100% certainty. The offspring have a 50% chance of being normal, a 25% chance of having mild thalassemia, and a 25% chance of being thalassemia carriers. The above is advice on the question "Will it affect future children?" and it is hoped that it will be helpful to you. Wishing you good health!