ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN WITH GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD) DEFICIENCY

Abstract

G6PD deficiency is the most common erythrocyte enzymopathy in humanity, affecting millions of people around the world and a large proportion of those with this deficiency are asymptomatic, but extra care must be taken with those with this deficiency, as they are at serious risk of have hemolytic crises. This work is a bibliographical review, which aims to gather, summarize and disseminate the scientific knowledge already produced on the main aspects, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatments of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, with the aim of with the aim of providing assistance to families with children who are diagnosed with this disability so that they have support and can have easy access to all the main information. An important point is taken into consideration that corroborates the idea that G6PD deficiency is not a “disease”, and that this deficiency can rarely make it impossible for the sufferer to have a normal life, of course there are restrictions and attention must be paid doubled with this population of people with this enzymopathy, hence the importance of rapid and categorical assistance to inform and educate both the families of those with G6PD deficiency and the professionals who support them.