{"product_id":"2940151953801","title":"G6PD Deficiency, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eG6PD is an enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase\u003cbr\u003eLack of this enzyme can cause the red blood cells to hemolyze\u003cbr\u003eG6PD Deficiency major which is a serious illness\u003cbr\u003eLoss of blood may cause hemolytic anemia sickness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG6PD Deficiency is an inherited sex linked disease\u003cbr\u003eMale patients are more common than female and not related to age\u003cbr\u003eRed blood cells may burst when certain food, herbs or medicines are taken.\u003cbr\u003eMedicines such as anti-malaria drugs and certain food such as fava beans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a lifelong disease and there is no cure for it\u003cbr\u003eSymptoms may be due to anemia such as fatigue\u003cbr\u003eThere is pallor, mild jaundice and dark colored urine\u003cbr\u003eThere may shortness of breath or fast breathing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrevention of G6PD Deficiency is as important as treatment.\u003cbr\u003eFolic acid is use for G6PD deficient patient supplement\u003cbr\u003eDiagnosis of G6PD Deficiency is check the G6PD enzyme level\u003cbr\u003eAvoid triggers such as five beans, sulphonamides and antimalarials\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-An original poem by Kenneth Kee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG6PD Deficiency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reason why I have wrote about G6PD deficiency is because I have a patient about 30 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was only 3 years old when he started vomiting in the evening and began to pass dark tea colored urine which becomes redder as the night passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe parents called me early in the morning because of his condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI quickly made an appointment for him to see Prof. Wong Hock Boon who was the expert on G6PD deficiency and was the one who introduce screening of babies through their placental blood for G6PD deficiency in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child was confirmed as G6PD deficient through a blood test which was examined by Prof. Wong himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mother was found to be a carrier of the G6PD gene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2 older sisters and father were found to be all normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue to his low hemoglobin of 4 (normal is 13.5 to 17.5), he was admitted and given 2 packets of blood transfusion .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin one day he recovered and was kept in the hospital for another 2 days until his hemoglobin was more than 10mg%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was given a list of drugs, herbs and fava beans and moth balls to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact the trigger in his case was fava beans given to him to eat by his older sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem was that his obstetrician had received a report from his pediatrician that his G6PD was normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mystery was solved when the obstetrician managed to find the original laboratory report which showed that his blood showed G6PD deficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pediatrician was called up by the obstetrician to explain why he wrote that the child was G6PD normal when the result very clearly showed that the child was confirmed to be G6PD deficient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pediatrician was made to apologise to the parents of the child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was all the carelessness of the pediatrician which did not check the laboratory report and told the obstetrician that the child was G6PD normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the most dangerous medical error done by a doctor because the parents thought that their son was normal and that led to his hemolytic anemia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuckily for the pediatrician the parents did not sue him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG6PD Deficiency is an inherited disorder of the Red blood cells which has a lack of the G6PD enzyme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis causes the red blood cells to burst in certain circumstances when certain food, herbs or medicines are taken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenneth Kee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102854627568,"sku":"2940151953801","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151953801_p0.jpg?v=1764019295","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151953801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}