Thalassemia Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes your body to have less hemoglobin than a normal person has in their blood. Hemoglobin enables red blood cells to carry oxygen to the blood. Thalassemia can also cause anemia which makes you weak and you start feeling fatigued. If you have mild thalassemia then you don't need treatment because you can recover yourself and your weakness by eating healthy food and a good diet. But if you have some severe forms of thalassemia then you need regular blood transfusions. Symptoms  If you want to know if you are a thalassemia patient or not? Here is list of some important symptoms of thalassemia: Weakness Fatigue Pale and yellowish skin Swelling in abdomen Growth becomes slow Urine color become dark Deformities in facial bone If someone has just one affected hemoglobin gene then there is little chance of thalassemia. Some patients show symptoms at the birth time but some during development in early one or two years. If you