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Anemia
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Anemia or anaemia is a very common condition involving a shortage of red blood cells, or a lack of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.[1] A third of the world's population has anemia.[2]
Signs and symptoms[edit | edit source]
Anemia can cause:
- tiredness
- weakness
- lack of energy, sometimes called fatigue[3]
- shortness of breath
- pale whites in your eyes
- pale palms of the hand[2]
Causes and types[edit | edit source]
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia -which results from by Vitamin B12 deficiency or folate deficiency, which can be caused by:[3]
- an autoimmune disorder
- Chronic gastritis
- Surgery to remove all or part of the stomach[4]
- 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)[5][2]
Treatment[edit | edit source]
ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
Notable articles[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Anemia - Penn Medicine
- Iron-deficiency Anaemia - NHS
- Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia - NHS
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Definition of ANEMIA". Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chaparro, Camila M.; Suchdev, Parminder S. (August 2019). "Anemia epidemiology, pathophysiology, and etiology in low- and middle-income countries". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1450 (1): 15–31. doi:10.1111/nyas.14092. ISSN 0077-8923. PMC 6697587. PMID 31008520.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Anaemia". Great Ormond Street Hospital. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ↑ "ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics". World Health Organization. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
