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Many different types of antibiotics can cause DIIHA and discontinuing the offending medication is the first line of treatment. DIIHA has is estimated to affect one to two people per million worldwide. [1] In some cases, a drug can cause the immune system to mistakenly think the body's own red blood cells are dangerous, foreign substances.
Methemoglobinemia can be due to certain medications, chemicals, or food or it can be inherited. [2] Substances involved may include benzocaine , nitrites , or dapsone . [ 3 ] The underlying mechanism involves some of the iron in hemoglobin being converted from the ferrous [Fe 2+ ] to the ferric [Fe 3+ ] form. [ 3 ]
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Before iron deficiency anemia sets in, “the body will do everything it can to retain the right number of red blood cells. So, it will deplete the storage iron before it depletes the red blood ...
Similarly, poisoning by arsine or stibine also causes hemolytic anemia. [21] Runners can develop hemolytic anemia due to "footstrike hemolysis", owing to the destruction of red blood cells in feet at foot impact. [22] [23] Low-grade hemolytic anemia occurs in 70% of prosthetic heart valve recipients, and severe hemolytic anemia occurs in 3%. [24]
Signs of folate deficiency anemia most of the time are subtle. [4] Anemia (macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia) can be a sign of advanced folate deficiency in adults. [1] Folate deficiency anemia may result in feeling tired, weakness, changes to the color of the skin or hair, open sores on the mouth, shortness of breath, palpitations, lightheadedness, cold hands and feet, headaches, easy bleeding ...
Gabe Baron Mirkin (born June 18, 1935) is a physician, author, professor, columnist, former guest lecturer, and a former marathon runner. He hosted a radio show on health and fitness for more than 20 years and wrote several books on sports medicine, nutrition, and health.
The result can be impaired nutrient absorption, excessive water and mineral loss through the stools due to breakdown of the control mechanisms in the intestinal tissue that normally remove water from the stools, and in severe cases, the entry of pathogenic organisms into the bloodstream. Anemia may also arise due to the blood loss through diarrhea.