If you are diagnosed with strep, you will stop being contagious approximately 24 hours after starting an antibiotic. Antibiotics should help alleviate your symptoms within one or two days, although in some people the symptoms may last up to a week.
Testing can be done before a baby is born to find out if it has thalassemia and determine how severe it may be. Tests used to diagnose thalassemia in fetuses include: 1  Chorionic villus sampling. 2  This test is usually done around the 11th week of pregnancy and involves removing a tiny piece of the placenta for evaluation.3  Amniocentesis.f your doctor suspects your child has thalassemia, he or she may confirm a diagnosis using blood tests. If your child has thalassemia, blood tests may reveal: 1  A low level of red blood cells. 2  Smaller than expected red blood cells.
1 Haemoglobin (Hb). 2  MCV: if â¤76 fl then the probable cause is iron deficiency but, if lower than concomitant with other signs of anaemia and a raised red blood cell count, then this suggests possible B2-thalassaemia (estimate HbA2 and use Hb electrophoresis). 3  Normal MCV (76-96 fl) with low Hb is typical of pregnancy. Haemoglobin (Hb). 2  MCV: if â¤76 fl then the probable cause is iron deficiency but, if lower than concomitant with other signs of anaemia and a raised red blood cell count, then this suggests possible B2-thalassaemia (estimate HbA2 and use Hb electrophoresis). 3  Normal MCV (76-96 fl) with low Hb is typical of pregnancy.