Study Screening Thalassemia in Pregnancy Woman and Husband at Lumphun Hospital

Abstract

           The result from this study screening thalassemia in pregnancy woman and husband between July 2007 to September 2008 at Pregnancy test clinic Lumphun Hospital amout 660/349 person. The result showed OFT. Screening pregnancy woman positive 193 person (29.54%), DCIP. Sreening positive 90 person (27.79%) and Pregnancy, s husband OFT. Screening positive 90 person (27.79%), DCIP. Screening positive 49 person (14.04%) and confirm test for Hb typing and PCR for alpha-1 thalassemia send to Peddiatric Medicine Department Chaingmai University. The result confirm found that two couple who fetal had chance thalassemia type Hb Bart,s hydrop fetalis (6.45%), two couple who fetal had chance thalassemia type Homocygous B thalassemia major (6.45%) and eleven couple(35.48%)had chance thalassemia type B-thalassemia/Hb E which 15 cuople to severe type