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'''Anemia''' or '''anaemia''' is a very common condition involving a shortage of [[red blood cell]]s, or a lack of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.<ref name="define">{{Cite web | website = Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary | access-date = 2022-01-15 | title = Definition of ANEMIA | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anemia}}</ref> A third of the world's population has anemia.<ref name="PMC6697587">{{Cite journal | title = Anemia epidemiology, pathophysiology, and etiology in low- and middle-income countries | date = Aug 2019 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6697587/ | journal = Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | volume = 1450 | issue = 1 | pages = 15β31 | last = Chaparro | first = Camila M. | author-link = | last2 = Suchdev | first2 = Parminder S. | author-link2 = |doi=10.1111/nyas.14092|pmc=6697587|pmid=31008520|access-date=|issn=0077-8923|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==Signs and symptoms == Anemia can cause: * tiredness * weakness * lack of energy, sometimes called [[fatigue]]<ref name="gosh" /> * [[shortness of breath]] * pale whites in your eyes * pale palms of the hand<ref name="PMC6697587" /> ==Causes and types== * '''[[Iron]] deficiency anemia''' * '''Megaloblastic anemia''' -which results from by [[Vitamin B12 deficiency]] or [[folic acid|folate deficiency]], which can be caused by:<ref name="gosh">{{Cite web | url = https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/general-medical-conditions/anaemia/ | title = Anaemia | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = Great Ormond Street Hospital|language=en-GB| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref> **an [[autoimmune disorder]] **Chronic gastritis **Surgery to remove all or part of the stomach<ref name="hopkins">{{Cite web | url = https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/vitamin-b12-deficiency-anemia | title = Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = Johns Hopkins Medicine|language=en| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref> **Pernicious anemia *Some forms of anemia are genetic (inherited) *Less common forms of anemia also exist, for example anemia due to parasites (hookworms or diphyllobothriasis)<ref name="ICD-11">{{Cite web | url = https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1679215344 | title = ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = World Health Organization| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref><ref name="PMC6697587" /> ==Treatment== ==ME/CFS== ==Notable articles== ==See also == *[[Red blood cell]] *[[Iron]] *[[Fatigue]] ==Learn more == *[https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/patient-information/conditions-treated-a-to-z/anemia Anemia] - Penn Medicine *[https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/iron-deficiency-anaemia/ Iron-deficiency Anaemia] - NHS *[https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/iron-deficiency-anaemia/ Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia] - NHS ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Potential comorbidities]] [[Category:Nutritional deficiencies]] [[Category:Diagnoses]]
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