Anemia

Anemia ia a condition where the number f red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin (oxygen carrying protein) in red blood cells is below normal.

Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, which enable them to carry from the lungs and deliver them to all parts of the body.

Anemia causes the reduced number of the red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin in red blood cells, so that blood can not transport oxygen as required in the amount of the body.

Cause

A common cause of anemia :

Heavy bleeding

• Acute (sudden)
• Accident
• Surgery
• Maternity
• Broken blood vessels
• Chronic
• Bleeding nose
• Hemorrhoids
• Peptic ulcer
• Cancer or polyp in the digestive tract
• Kidney or bladder tumors
• Menstrual bleeding
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Reduced red blood cell formation

• Iron deficiency
• Lack of vitamin B12
• Lack of folic acid
• Lack of vitamin C
• Chronic diseases

The increased destruction of red blood cells

• Enlarged spleen
• Mechanical damage in red blood cells
• Autoimmune reaction against red blood cells
• Paroxysmal noctural hemoglobinuria
• Sferositosis hereditary
• Elliptositosis hereditary
• G6PD deficiency
• Sickle cell disease
• Hemaglobin C disease
• S-hemoglobin C disease
• Hemoglobin E desease 
• Thalassemia

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