en Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Mini Review <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">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&#39;s milk. In populations, the illness is common. For example, it&#39;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.</span></span></span></div> G6PD, Favism, Vicia fava, Iran 48 54 http://ijbc.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-178-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Davoudi Kiakalayeh davoudikiakalayeh@gmail.com 100319475328460011301 100319475328460011301 Yes Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Rasht, Iran. Bahram Darbandi darbandi45@gums.ac.ir 100319475328460011302 100319475328460011302 No Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Sajad Davoudi-kiakalayeh Sajad_davoudi2@yahoo.com 100319475328460011303 100319475328460011303 No Trauma Institute, Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Rasht, Iran.