Anemia Information

Anemia is a problem that affects a person's blood. Anemia is essentially a problem that occurs when a person has a rather low count of red blood cells or RBC. Here are some things you might want to know about your blood and anemia:

• A person who has low red blood count or has anemia is called anemic.
• Blood is divided into a couple of parts: the plasma part and the cellular part. The cellular part consists of the white blood cells, the red blood cells, and the platelets. Red blood cells are the cells that deliver oxygen to other parts of a person's body.
• The production of red blood cells is a cooperative activity that involves the bone marrow, the kidneys, and the food you eat. When one of these factors are lacking, anemia could be the end result.
• Anemia is actually not the illness itself but rather it is a process that leads to the acute or chronic type of this problem. Chronic anemia is the type of anemia that occurs over time, while acute anemia is the kind of anemia that a person gets all of a sudden.

Hemolytic Anemia

This type of anemia results in premature red blood cells destruction and removal from the blood. The normal cells required by the body are not made by bone marrow, which is a tissue present inside the bone which in normal condition replaces dead cells with new blood cells.

Megaloblastic (Pernicious) Anemia

Anemia of this kind causes inadequate volume of red blood cells production due to non-absorption of Vitamin B12 in the digestive tract.

Mild Anemia

Mild anemia makes person extremely fatigue and if untreated problems like damage to nerve, abnormal heart functioning are seen and in cases of chronic anemia death can also occur. If blood loss volume is more than 1, 000 ml then resulting effects are very serious.