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23rd May 2023

A female patient attends an appointment asking for advice

A female patient attends an appointment asking for advice. She is known to have beta thalassaemia minor and is asymptomatic with this. She has recently migrated to the UK from the Mediterranean and is thinking of starting a family with her fit and well Caucasian husband.

What is the probability that her child will be a carrier of beta thalassaemia?

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