Anemia!!!

Sep 03, 2008

This form of anemia occurs because of a kidney disease (kidney failure), which implies that the hormone erythropoietin not sufficiently educated. Since EPO as a growth factor for the formation of red blood cells is important that such a disease to a declining proportion of red blood cells to the total body volume. Treatment of renal anemia is recombinant EPO administration, which is the physiological form in the nature of the sugar structures differ. As a side effects are described flu-like symptoms, including high blood pressure is possible. Affected are especially dialysis patients.

Hervorgerufen the “anemia” in this case by a lack of vitamin B12 or folic acid. This deficiency leads in the bone marrow to a disturbed formation of red blood cells, whose division is delayed - so omitted in the course of development of individual red blood cells divide steps. Consequence is a reduced number of red blood cells in the blood. The name of the makrozytaren hyperchromen anemia refers to the increased levels of the abnormal hemoglobin in red blood cells.

A lack of vitamin B12 is based on a document destruction of cells in the gastric mucosa, which follows no longer produce gastric juice. It also unterbleibt thereby the formation of the Intrinsic factor to the absorption of vitamin B12 is important. The disease manifests itself through pallor, yellow-colored skin, as well as diarrhea and untreated can lead to death. The therapy is injected vitamin B12, on the other hand, is an oral disclosure is not recommended.

In addition to the perniziosen anemia (vitamin B12 anemia), there also is folic acid deficiency - anemia, but can be treated well. A folic acid substitution should especially during pregnancy preventive.