Causes of Anemia
Underlying condition causes of Anemia: The list of possible underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Anemia) mentioned in various sources as possible causes of Anemia includes:
- Poor diet - lack of iron
- Vegetarian diet
- Vegan diet
- Excessive dieting
- Neglect
- Malabsorption disorders
- Blood loss
- Internal bleeding (see Bleeding symptoms)
- Bleeding disorders
- Hemophilia
- Childbirth
- Chronic bleeding
- Hematuria
- See also causes of bleeding
- Menstrual bleeding
- Menstruation - ordinary menstruation can deplete iron if diet is not adequate.
- Heavy periods
- Uterine abnormalities - can cause bleeding
- Uterine fibroids - can cause bleeding
- Menorrhagia
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Stomach ulcers
- Colon polyps
- Hemorrhoids
- Bowel inflammation (see Bowel problems)
- Peptic ulcers
- Bowel cancer
- Digestive tumor
- Pregnancy - creates the need for extra iron.
- Growth spurts - the body consumes more iron.
- Kidney disease
- Hemodialysis (type of Kidney Dialysis)
- Worm infestation
- Hookworm
- Alcohol
- Iron deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Folic acid deficiency
- EPO deficiency
- Bone marrow disorders
- Iron absorption problems
- Gastrectomy
- Small intestine disorders
- Malabsorption disorder
- Anemia disorders
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Thalassemia
- Aluminum poisoning
- Possible underlying causes of megaloblastic anemia:
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Pernicious anemia
- Folic acid deficiency
- Adverse reaction to chemotherapy
- Adverse reaction to immunosuppressants
- Possible underlying causes of hemolytic anemia:
- Certain bacterial infections
- Certain viral infections
- Certain parasitic infections
- Malaria
- Adverse reaction to blood transfusion - caused by wrong blood type
- Rhesus isoimmunisation
- Hemolytic disease of the newborn
- Sickle cell anemia
- Thalassemia
- Spherocytosis
- Elliptocytosis
- Pyruvate kinase deficiency
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
- TTP
- HUS
- DIC
- Malignant hypertension (type of Hypertension)
- Preeclampsia
- Certain chronic diseases
- Certain inflammatory diseases
- Certain connective tissue diseases
- Certain chronic infections
- Hypothyroidism
- Kidney failure
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Autoimmune anemia disorders
- Idiopathic anemia
- SLE
- Lymphoma
- EBV
- Certain viruses
- Certain infections
- Artificial heart valve
- March hemoglobinuria
- Lead poisoning
- X-linked congenital anemia
- Myelodysplasia
- Malaria
- Clostridia
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Certain medications
- See also types of anemia and symptom anemia
Anemia as a complication: Other conditions that might have Anemia as a complication might be potential underlying causes of Anemia. The list of conditions listing Anemia as a complication in our database includes:
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- Brucellosis
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- E-coli food poisoning
- Endometrial hyperplasia
- Fluorosis
- Folate deficiency
- Gastric erosion
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Hemorrhoids
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hookworm
- Ileitis
- Iron deficiency
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kidney conditions
- Kidney disease
- Lupus
- Malabsorption
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Peptic Ulcer
- Pregnancy
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scurvy
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sprue
- Strongyloidiasis
- Thalassemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Ulcerative colitis
- Vitamin C deficiency
Anemia as a symptom: Conditions listing Anemia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Anemia. The list of conditions listing Anemia as a symptom in our database includes:
- Amebic dysentery
- Anemia
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Aplastic anemia
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- Bronchiectasis
- Celiac Disease
- Chagas disease
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Chronic kidney failure
- Colorectal cancer
- Congenital syphilis
- Crohn's disease
- Diphyllobothriasis
- E-coli food poisoning
- Favism
- Folate deficiency
- Gastric erosion
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gaucher Disease
- Glucagonoma
- Hemolytic disease of the newborn
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Hookworm
- Infant Cytomegalic virus
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Kidney Cancer
- Leishmaniasis
- Leukemia
- Lupus
- Lymphoma
- Malabsorption
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Multiple Myeloma
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Pernicious anemia
- Pyridoxine deficiency
- Radiation sickness
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Schistosomiasis
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sprue
- Stomach cancer
- Strongyloidiasis
- Temporal arteritis
- Thalassemia
- Toxoplasmosis
- Typhoid fever
- Ulcerative colitis
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Wegener's granulomatosis
Causes of Anemia: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Anemia:
- Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because of it’s multitude of symptoms
- Single use anemia test available free of cost to people at risk of chronic kidney disease
- Symptoms of old age may be similar to many other treatable conditions
- Test for iron overload disease received FDA approval
- Woman’s worrying weight loss took years to be diagnosed
Related information for causes of Anemia:
Further relevant information on causes of Anemia may be found
in the risk factors for Anemia
and underlying causes of Anemia.
Last revision:
May 20, 2003
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