Mapping of Favism and G6PD Disease in Iran: A Mini Review

Abstract

Hemolytic illness an interaction with Vicia fava, also referred to as fava beans, results in favism. This contact can happen in a few different ways: eating raw, cooked, or dried beans; walking through fields where V. fava is grown and possibly breathing in pollen; and introducing fava beans to a breastfed baby through their mother's milk. In populations, the illness is common. For example, it's typical to walk through fields that have been planted with fava in the northern Iranian provinces of Mazandaran and Guilan. This is a problem in areas where thalassemia is common since patients there frequently need blood transfusions. Although favism has a considerable economic impact, there is a limited number of particular statistics on this matter. This paper explores the implications of recent findings on favism and G6PD for the future.