Aplastic Anemia

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Aplastic Anemia
Aplastic Anemia

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Rikki: my rollercoaster experience of aplastic anaemia

Nothing can quite prepare you for the emotional and physical rollercoaster that is aplastic anaemia. There’s no best-selling book that you can purchase at Waterstones that can teach you how to deal with the turmoil of an illness that wasn’t there yesterday but is very much there today.

Aplastic anaemia raises its ugly head

2015, I was in my last year of university in Liverpool and spent much more time drinking and partying than studying. I believe this masked my judgement for my (now so apparent) symptoms of AA. I was bruising loads and felt incredibly fatigued, I blamed this on “drunken falls” and late nights in the library revising and writing essays. I turned…

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 Rikki: my rollercoaster experience of aplastic anaemia

Nothing can quite prepare you for the emotional and physical rollercoaster that is aplastic anaemia. There’s no best-selling book that you can purchase at Waterstones that can teach you how to deal with the turmoil of an illness that wasn’t there yesterday but is very much there today.

Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

Aplastic anemia is caused by the destruction of blood-forming stem cells in bone marrow. These stem cells normally develop into three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

The Aplastic Anaemia Trust

Our mission is to enable vital research into the causes of aplastic anaemia and other rare bone marrow failures that ultimately leads to finding a cure, and to support everyone affected by them, so they can lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Aplastic Anemia Blog – Marrowly Rolling Along

Aplastic Anemia from the patient's perspective..

My Blog, My Journey, My Life with Aplastic Anemia

My name Kamara I am 26 y/o. I have 2 daughters. I have been officially diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia in July 2015. I have never heard of this disease so i decided to "Google It". And came across a few blogs of other people's experiences that i really appreciated. So i decided to make my own, hopefully to help someone else one day.

Surviving Aplastic Anemia

Blogging about living with this rare condition. So what is Aplastic Anemia? It is a form of bone marrow failure, not the kind of anemia where you just take some iron supplements. From my understanding, what happened was that it was caused by an immune response to my baby...

DKMS

Each year, about 600-900 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with aplastic anemia. For many, a bone marrow transplant can be a successful cure. But, only 30% of bone marrow matches are found within a patient’s family. That’s why it’s so important to sign up today! Together we can help more aplastic anemia patients find a match -- and get a second chance at life.

Pediatric EM Morsels

Majority of cases are idiopathic (~70-80%), but can be due to inherited conditions.

Beat the Cancer

Extensive resource.

CheckOrphan

Aplastic refers to inability of the stem cells to generate mature blood cells. It can be caused by injury to blood stem cells due to exposure to certain drugs, chemotherapy, congenital disorders, drug therapy to suppress the immune system, pregnancy, radiation therapy, or toxins such as benzene or arsenic. When the cause is unknown, it is referred to as idiopathic aplastic anemia. In about half of all cases, no cause can be found. The condition can be acute or chronic.

GARD

Aplastic anemia can lead to other health concerns such as an irregular heartbeat, an enlarged heart, and heart failure. It can be caused by injury to blood stem cells due to exposure to certain drugs, chemotherapy, congenital disorders, drug therapy to suppress the immune system, pregnancy, radiation therapy, or toxins such as benzene or arsenic. When the cause is unknown, it is referred to as idiopathic aplastic anemia.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS

In aplastic anaemia, all types of blood cells are reduced. This is called pancytopenia – pan means all, cyto means cells and penia means few. A bone marrow sample, which would normally contain large numbers of immature blood cells, will contain very few such cells in a patient with aplastic anaemia.

NORD

The symptoms of acquired aplastic anemia occur as a consequence of the bone marrow failing to produce enough blood cells. Specific symptoms vary from case to case. Some individuals may have mild symptoms that remain stable for many years; others may have serious symptoms that can progress to life-threatening complications.

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