Iyini i-Diamond Blackfan Anemia?

Incazelo:

I-Diamond Blackfan Anemia (i-DBA) i- anemia ezuzwe njengefa lapho umnto wethambo ungeke ukwazi ukwenza amanani amangqamuzana egazi obomvu (okuthiwa i-red cell aplasia ehlanzekile). Iyingxenye yeqembu elikhudlwana lezinkinga ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-syndromes we-bone marrow failure.

Yiziphi izici ze-DBA?

Cishe zonke iziguli zitholwa ngonyaka wokuqala wokuphila.

Yini ebangela i-DBA?

I-DBA i-syndrome yokuhluleka komnyofu wefa. Cishe isigamu samacala asho ukuthi umndeni usho ukuthini ukuguquka kwezakhi zofuzo okwenziwe ngumzali. Amanye amacala ahamba kancane, okwenzeka ngokungahleliwe. Ngamafomu omndeni, akuwona wonke amalungu omndeni athathwe ngendlela efanayo. Umzali angase abe nokuguqulwa okuhlobene ne-DBA kodwa angatholakali kuze kube yilapho ingane yakhe itholakele.

Wonke amangqamuzana emzimbeni anesimo esithile sokuphila bese eshona ekufeni kweseli ngaphansi kwenqubo elawulwa kakhulu.

E-DBA ukuguquguquka kwezakhi zofuzo kubangela ukuthi amangqamuzana amancane (enze amangqamuzana abomvu wegazi kanye namaseli obomvu okuqala emnkantsheni) ukuze azibhubhise ngokushesha kunalokho okufanele aholele ekunciphiseni ukukhiqizwa kwamaseli abomvu abomvu.

I-DBA ihlolwe kanjani?

Inani eliphelele legazi (i-CBC) likhomba i-anemia futhi lembula elikhudlwana kunamaseli egazi abomvu ajwayelekile (macrocytosis).

Ngokuvamile i-anemia ihlukanisiwe ngaphandle kokushintshwa kwegazi elimhlophe noma inani leplatelet. Ukubalwa kwe-reticulocyte kuphansi (i-reticulocytopenia) ngoba umnkantsha wesitembu awukwazi ukukhokhela le nemia.

I-DBA kumele ihlukaniswe kusukela ku- erythroblastopenia yangasese yobuntwana (i-TEC) engabonakala eqenjini elifanayo kodwa ixazulula ngokuzenzekelayo. Ngokuyinhloko izinga le-hemoglobin fetal ne-erythrocyte adenosine deaminase level ngokuvamile liphakanyiswe ku-DBA kepha hhayi ku-TEC.

Uma umuntu ecatshangwa ukuthi une-DBA, ukuhlolwa kofuzo kufanele kuthunyelwe. Uma ukuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo kubonakala, amanye amalungu omndeni kufanele ahlolwe anikezwa ingozi yokwanda komdlavuza.

Ngezinye izikhathi i-aspirate ne-biopsy yomsongo wamathambo yenziwa ukuze ihlolwe imvelo lapho amangqamuzana egazi abomvu enza khona. Umnkantsha wamathambo ngokuvamile uvamile ngaphandle kokuntuleka kwegazi elibomvu lamasosha omzimba (amangqamuzana okuqala aqala ukuba amangqamuzana egazi abomvu).

Izinga lokuhlola lokujwayelekile liyi:

Uma isiguli sikholelwa ukuthi sibe ne-DBA kepha ayihlangabezani nalesi simo sokuhlonza, kunezinqubo eziyisibili ezingase zisekele ukuxilongwa okunokwenzeka.

Yiziphi izindlela zokwelashwa kwe-DBA?

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