Acquired sideroblastic anemia may be cured when the condition that causes it is treated or removed.
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Named for the Greek words for iron and germ, sideroblastic anemia is one of the principal types of iron-utilization anemia
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Sideroblastic anemia can be inherited, but the disease is usually acquired as a result of illness or exposure to toxic substances.
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Possible complications of sideroblastic anemia include: congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, enlargement of the liver and spleen, formation of liver nodules and scar tissue,
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Sideroblastic anemia is also associated with: leukemia, lymphoma (cancer of the lymph glands), myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow), rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases
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In rare instances, treatment with oral pyridoxine (a B-complex vitamin) benefits patients whose sideroblastic anemia was present at birth. This treatment improves the condition of some patients but does not cure the anemia.
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the cause of a patient's anemia cannot be determined, blood transfusions may be necessary. Medications are prescribed to stimulate excretion or excess iron that accumulates as a result of these transfusions.
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Blood tests are used to examine the appearance and other characteristics of red cells and to measure the amount of iron in the blood. Bone marrow biopsy is also used
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Macrocytic anemia is a condition where the red blood cells are larger than they should be. They are usually larger and there usually is a lower number than there should be.
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Abnormal, iron-saturated red cells are present in the blood of people who have this disease. Although the iron circulates normally from the plasma to the bone marrow, where new red blood cells are created, it is not properly incorporated
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The male female ratio is 1:1 since there is no sex predilection for Sickle Cell Anemia.
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Anemia has multiple causes, the most common of which are 1) iron deficiency anemia, and 2) blood loss anemia. There are many, many other causes, as well.
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There are 3 types of Livestock anemia. Infectious anemia, Nutrition anemia, and bovine anemia. Bovine anemia is found mostly in cows.
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An anemia caused by vitamin B12 is pernicious anemia while deficient in iron is iron defeciency anemia.
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Anemia is reduced hemoglobin in blood. One cause of anemia is blood loss. Bleeding is called hemorrhagia. Anemia caused by blood loss is hemorrhagic anemia.
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It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
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there are over 400 types of anemia. such as sickle cell, G6PD anemia, iron deficiency, B12 deficiency, aplastic, megaloblasic/pernicious, hemolytic, hemoglobin, Thalassemia, Excessive destructions of red blood cells and many more.
3 major types of anemias:
low RBC anemias
Low hemoglobin content
abnormal hemoglobin
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Fanconi anemia (FA)
English word Anemia Afrikaans language anemie
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Its not plastic anemia , its aplastic anemia, defect in the bone marrow to form blood cells.
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pathophysiology of anemia in hypothyroidism
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Iron deficiency affects the formation of blood cells, especially the red blood cells. If they get low in number it is called anemia.
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Hospital caused anemia may be termed iatrogenic anemia or nosocomial anemia. It results from too many blood draws.
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Anemia isn't a contagious disease but it is a disease you can inherit from your family members.
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Sickle cell anemia occurs most commonly in people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian descent. In the United States, it is estimated that about 1 in 365 African American births and 1 in 16,300 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell anemia. These numbers may vary based on geographic region and population demographics.
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There are several types of anemia. The term means without blood. It could be caused by excessive bleeding or damage to the bone marrow. Anemia is one of the most common disorders of the blood. It can be due to excessive blood loss or hemorrhage. Or deficient red blood cell production.
Anemia can be classified in several ways: macrocytic anemia, normocytic anemia, microcytic anemia.
Some of the more familiar ones are: pernicious anemia due to lack or low B12, iron deficiency anemia due to lack of iron, thalassemia, lead toxicity anemia, hypothyroidism, aplastic anemia, sickle cell anemia, Rh disease, and renal infection among others.
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Yes Anemia can b treated very easily.there are many medicine 2 treat Anemia.
1st of all Anemia is of 2 types.
1. Microcytic anemia
2. Macrocytic anemia
most of the people had iron deficiency anemia or folic acid anemia which is treated easily.u can take certain iron or or folic acid tablets available in the markets.
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Anemia is basically a low iron intake so you could say something like Nicole has anemia
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i guess so but then it would be called deficiency anemia because you are lacking nutrition
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Megaloblastic (Macrocytic) Anemia. Basically the Red Blood Cells have a larger volume (MCV).
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