What is Fauvism?

Fauvism is an “inherited blood” disease caused by a deficiency of one of the red blood cell enzymes. This disease is related to gender and is more common in men, and it is more common in the northern and southern regions of Iran (coasts of the sea) and it has been reported up to 4% of the general population. 
These people may have jaundice and premature destruction of red blood cells from birth. Sometimes, when a baby is born, the cause of jaundice and lack of this enzyme is known, and instead of 120 days, the red blood cells of the affected people are unable to fight against intracellular and even extracellular destructive factors due to the lack of a defense system, and their lifespan is reduced to 12 days. One of these destructive factors is the legume plant.

Affected people are normally normal and do not have any symptoms unless they eat beans, in which case they experience acute symptoms of the disease.
This disease is not contagious. 

Rather, it is a hereditary disease transmitted by the X chromosome.
This disease is more common in boys, because boys have one X chromosome and girls have two X chromosomes, while the presence of only one defective chromosome is enough for boys to get this disease, but this does not mean that girls do not get it at all. do not get this disease, but if there is an infected person in the family, it is necessary to check for all family members, especially other children. It is also recommended that other male relatives, including cousins, cousins, and cousins ​​be tested.
Fauvism is diagnosed by measuring the level of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme in red blood cells.

The age of outbreak of this disease is 1 to 10 years old. But most of the patients are under five years of age. 

In children under one year of age, the disease may also occur through drinking mother’s milk.

Most pediatricians request a G6PD deficiency or favism test for the baby in early infancy to determine the baby’s status in terms of this disease. In the visit of children with this disease, sometimes both the doctor and the parents fail to mention that the child is suffering from this disease when prescribing medicine, which may cause serious problems in rare cases.