Hemoglobin C disease

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Blood cells

Clinical hemoglobin C

Usually no treatment is required. Folic acid may help with the production of normal red blood cells, and supplementation may improve the symptoms of the anemia.

People with hemoglobin C disease can expect to lead a normal life.

A complication is gallbladder disease.

Call your health care provider if symptoms occur, or if new symptoms develop (jaundice, abdominal pain, weakness, fatigue, or shortness of breath).

Review Date: 04/15/2005
Reviewed By: Rita Nanda, MD, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.