<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hi I am a 30 years old man. My girl friend suffer from talasemi minor and I am normal. We want to get married. I want to know that is there any way to prevent of having the child with this problem. and if not the children with this problem could be normal; for example, they can do physical activities just same as the normal person? Regards  <response>: Hello, if you dont carry any defective thalassemia genes then the worst scenario for your child Chat Doctor. Thalassemia minor causes a very mild chronic anemia that wont prevent individuals from engaging into physical activities. If youre having one defective gene though, then caution is advice because then you would have a 25 chance of having a child with a really serious problem thalassemia major. I hope Ive helped! If youd like further information on this, please let me know and Ill be glad to answer. Kind Regards! 