Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X‐linked (Xq28 chromosome) recessive genetic disorder and considered a hereditary predisposition to hemolysis, which is due to the mutations in the G6PD gene (G6PD deficiency is the most common enzyme defect associated in humans with clinical manifestations.1 The gene discussed is G6PD; the disease is hereditary disease.