anaemia
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- Created on: 12-05-14 10:50
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- Anaemia
- Low haemoglobin
- Signs and symptoms
- Weakness
- Lethargic
- Dizzy
- Pale
- tingling in extremities or cold hands/feet
- chest pain
- Causes
- Blood loss
- Bleeding following surgery or heavily menstruating women, cancer or trauma
- leads to iron deficiency anaemia
- Bleeding following surgery or heavily menstruating women, cancer or trauma
- lack of RBC production
- Acquired
- Diet
- Lacking in vitamin B12, folate, iron, vitamin C and copper.
- Pregnancy
- Blood diluted in pregnancy, less blood than plasma, low folate and iron.
- Abnormal hormone levels
- low erythropoeitin means less blood produced in bone marrow
- Chronic disorders
- kidney disease, cancer make it harder for bone marrow to produce RBCs
- Diet
- Inherited
- Aplastic anaemia
- Acquired
- RBC destruction
- Acquired
- Enlarged spleen
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Inherited
- Sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Acquired
- Blood loss
- Tests
- FBC
- Iron Studies
- Blood film
- Specialised Tests
- Treatment
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