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240 answers, in four groups. These are the same answers Veeru gives on WhatsApp — one set of words, whether a person asks us, a search engine asks us, or an assistant does.
Plain-language answers about thalassemia — what causes it, the difference between minor, intermedia and major, who carries it, and how it is treated.
Who can donate blood in India: age and weight limits, the gap between donations, medicines and conditions that defer you, and what happens at the centre.
What happens when you donate blood — how much is taken, how long it lasts, how the body replaces it, and how donated blood reaches a patient.
Carrier screening, genetic counselling, transfusion and chelation routines, and what families can do before and after a thalassemia diagnosis.
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