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.
Thalassaemia is passed down through families and is carried on a recessive gene. This means that your baby won't automatically inherit thalassaemia. If you or your partner is a thalassaemia carrier, your baby has a one in two chance of inheriting the gene defect and being a carrier like one of his parents.lpha thalassaemia minor can also cause anaemia, particularly if you carry two mutated genes. Alpha thalassaemia HbH disease can cause mild to severe anaemia and may mean you require blood transfusions during pregnancy. Beta thalassaemia major makes it more likely that you will have complications during your pregnancy.