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What is characterized by a deficiency in healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin?
What is the severity of anemia graded as?
What is a common symptom of anemia in older patients?
What is a sign of anemia?
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What is a common medical procedure in the management of anemia?
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What replaces faulty blood-forming stem cells with healthy cells?
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What is the primary treatment for sideroblastic anemia?
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What is administered routinely to all types of sideroblastic anemia?
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What is a complication of anemia in older patients?
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Where are blood or bone marrow transplants usually performed?
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Study Notes
What is Anaemia?
- Anaemia is characterized by a deficiency in healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin.
- Hemoglobin is the iron-rich protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
Severity of Anaemia
- Anaemia can be graded as mild, moderate, and severe based on haemoglobin value.
General Symptoms of Anaemia
- Tiredness
- Easy fatigability
- Muscular weakness
- Lethargy
- Headache
- Additional symptoms in older patients: cardiac failure, angina pectoris, confusion, and visual disturbances
Signs of Anaemia
- Pallor (in skin)
- CVS: collapsing pulse, tachycardia
- CNS: faintness, dizziness, numbness
- Ocular manifestation: hemorrhages
- Menstrual disturbances
- Renal system
- Gastrointestinal system: anorexia, nausea, weight loss
Management of Anaemia
- Blood transfusion: a common, safe medical procedure to replace blood lost through surgery or injury, or to provide blood if the body is not making it properly.
- Blood transfusions are given through an intravenous (IV) line inserted in a blood vessel.
Bone Marrow Transplant
- Also called hematopoietic stem cell transplant
- Replaces faulty blood-forming stem cells with healthy cells
- Usually performed in a hospital
- Requires hospital stay of 1-2 weeks before the transplant to prepare
- Involves special medicines and possibly radiation to destroy abnormal stem cells and weaken the immune system to prevent rejection of donor cells
Treatment of Anaemia
Sideroblastic Anaemia
- Treatment primarily involves removal of offending agent
- No definite treatment available for hereditary or idiopathic types of sideroblastic anaemia
- Pyridoxine is administered routinely to all types of sideroblastic anaemia.
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Learn about anaemia, a condition characterized by a deficiency in healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Explore its symptoms, severity grades, and more.
