Title: Understanding Anemia: Causes, Types, Clinical Features, and Diagnostic Investigations
Anemia is a condition characterized by a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, leading to reduced oxygen-carrying capacity. It is a prevalent global health issue affecting people of all ages, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Understanding the causes, types, clinical features, and diagnostic investigations of anemia is crucial for effective management and treatment.
**Causes of Anemia:**
Anemia can result from various factors that disrupt the production, lifespan, or function of red blood cells. Some common causes include:
1. **Iron Deficiency:** Insufficient intake or absorption of iron, essential for hemoglobin synthesis, is a primary cause of anemia globally. It can stem from poor dietary intake, chronic blood loss (e.g., menstruation, gastrointestinal bleeding), or increased demand during pregnancy.
2. **Vitamin Deficiencies:** Deficiencies in vitamins such as vitamin B12 (cobalamin) or folate (vitamin B9) can impair RBC production, leading to megaloblastic anemia.
3. **Chronic Diseases:** Conditions like chronic kidney disease, inflammatory disorders (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), and infections can disrupt erythropoiesis (RBC production) or accelerate RBC destruction, causing anemia.
4. **Hemolytic Disorders:** Inherited or acquired conditions that increase the breakdown (hemolysis) of red blood cells, such as sickle cell disease, thalassemia, or autoimmune hemolytic anemia, can result in anemia.
5. **Bone Marrow Disorders:** Diseases affecting the bone marrow, including leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and aplastic anemia, can lead to decreased RBC production and anemia.
**Types of Anemia:**
Anemia is classified based on the underlying mechanism or etiology, leading to several types:
1. **Iron-Deficiency Anemia:** Characterized by low iron levels, resulting in decreased hemoglobin synthesis and microcytic (small-sized) RBCs.
2. **Megaloblastic Anemia:** Caused by impaired DNA synthesis in RBC precursors due to deficiencies in vitamin B12 or folate, leading to macrocytic (large-sized) RBCs.
3. **Hemolytic Anemia:** Occurs due to increased RBC destruction, either intravascularly (within blood vessels) or extravascularly (outside blood vessels), leading to various subtypes like autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hereditary spherocytosis, and sickle cell disease.
4. **Anemia of Chronic Disease:** Associated with chronic inflammation, infections, or malignancies, leading to impaired iron metabolism and decreased RBC production.
5. **Aplastic Anemia:** Results from bone marrow failure, leading to decreased production of all blood cell types, including RBCs.
**Clinical Features of Anemia:**
The clinical presentation of anemia can vary depending on its severity, underlying cause, and individual factors. Common clinical features include:
Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). It is the first stage of wound healing. This involves coagulation, blood changing from a liquid to a gel.
Aminocaproates.
Antifibrinolytic Agents.
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
Hemostatics.
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Title: Understanding Anemia: Causes, Types, Clinical Features, and Diagnostic Investigations
Anemia is a condition characterized by a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, leading to reduced oxygen-carrying capacity. It is a prevalent global health issue affecting people of all ages, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Understanding the causes, types, clinical features, and diagnostic investigations of anemia is crucial for effective management and treatment.
**Causes of Anemia:**
Anemia can result from various factors that disrupt the production, lifespan, or function of red blood cells. Some common causes include:
1. **Iron Deficiency:** Insufficient intake or absorption of iron, essential for hemoglobin synthesis, is a primary cause of anemia globally. It can stem from poor dietary intake, chronic blood loss (e.g., menstruation, gastrointestinal bleeding), or increased demand during pregnancy.
2. **Vitamin Deficiencies:** Deficiencies in vitamins such as vitamin B12 (cobalamin) or folate (vitamin B9) can impair RBC production, leading to megaloblastic anemia.
3. **Chronic Diseases:** Conditions like chronic kidney disease, inflammatory disorders (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), and infections can disrupt erythropoiesis (RBC production) or accelerate RBC destruction, causing anemia.
4. **Hemolytic Disorders:** Inherited or acquired conditions that increase the breakdown (hemolysis) of red blood cells, such as sickle cell disease, thalassemia, or autoimmune hemolytic anemia, can result in anemia.
5. **Bone Marrow Disorders:** Diseases affecting the bone marrow, including leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and aplastic anemia, can lead to decreased RBC production and anemia.
**Types of Anemia:**
Anemia is classified based on the underlying mechanism or etiology, leading to several types:
1. **Iron-Deficiency Anemia:** Characterized by low iron levels, resulting in decreased hemoglobin synthesis and microcytic (small-sized) RBCs.
2. **Megaloblastic Anemia:** Caused by impaired DNA synthesis in RBC precursors due to deficiencies in vitamin B12 or folate, leading to macrocytic (large-sized) RBCs.
3. **Hemolytic Anemia:** Occurs due to increased RBC destruction, either intravascularly (within blood vessels) or extravascularly (outside blood vessels), leading to various subtypes like autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hereditary spherocytosis, and sickle cell disease.
4. **Anemia of Chronic Disease:** Associated with chronic inflammation, infections, or malignancies, leading to impaired iron metabolism and decreased RBC production.
5. **Aplastic Anemia:** Results from bone marrow failure, leading to decreased production of all blood cell types, including RBCs.
**Clinical Features of Anemia:**
The clinical presentation of anemia can vary depending on its severity, underlying cause, and individual factors. Common clinical features include:
Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). It is the first stage of wound healing. This involves coagulation, blood changing from a liquid to a gel.
Aminocaproates.
Antifibrinolytic Agents.
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
Hemostatics.
Tranexamic Acid.
Aprotinin.
Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
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2. Anemia is operationally defined as a
reduction in one or more of the major RBC
measurements: decreased amount of
circulating blood or low levels of
haemoglobin, low haematocrit.
hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, or
RBC count
Keep in mind these are all concentration
measures
Definition:
4. Hemoglobin
• Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in RBC that carries O2
from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon CO2
from the tissues back to the lungs.
• Hemoglobin maintains the shape of RBC also.
12. • An (without) -aemia (blood)
• Reduction of Hb concentration below the normal
range for the age and gender
• Leading to decreased O2 carrying capacity of
blood and thus O2 availability to tissues (hypoxia)
ANEMIA
13. Clinical Features
Presence or absence of clinical feature depends on:
1-Speed of onset :
Rapidly progressive anemia causes more symptoms than slow onset
anemia due to lack of compensatory mechanisms:
(cardiovascular system, BM &O2 dissociation curve
2-Severity:
• Mild anemia: no symptoms usually
• Symptoms appear if Hb less than 9g/dL
3- Age:
• Elderly tolerate anemia less than young patients
14. • Weakness
• Headache
• Pallor
• Lethargy
• Dizziness
• Palpitation (tachycardia)
• Angina
• Cardiac failure
Related to anemia
Related to compensatory
mechanism
Clinical Features
1-General features of anemia
Specific signs are associated with particular types of anemia :
Spoon nail with iron deficiency,
Leg ulcers with sickle cell anemia
Jaundice with hemolytic anemia
bone deformities in thalassemia major
2-Specific features
17. • Iron is among the abundant minerals on earth (6%).
• Iron deficiency is the most common disorder( 24%).
• Limited absorption ability :
1-Only 5-10% of taken iron will be absorbed
2- Inorganic iron can not be absorbed easily.
• Excess loss due to hemorrhage
Iron Deficiency Anemia
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18. 20/03/1445 18
Daily absorption ≈1 mg
Circulating
hemoglobin
(2.5g)
Bone marrow
erythroblast
(150mg)
Daily loss ≈1 mg
Liver and muscle
myoglobin (650mg)
Urine
faeces
Skin
nail
hair
Transferrin (4mg)
menstrual loss
(hemorrhage)
Macrophage (1g)
Storage forms:
Ferritin
Haemosiderin
20. Factor reducing absorption
Factors favoring absorption
Inorganic iron
Haem iron
Ferric iron Fe+++
Ferrous Iron (Fe++)
Alkalines
Acid
Iron overload
Iron def
Tea
Pregnancy
Increased hepcidin
Hemochromatosis
Precipitating agent(phenol)
Solubilizing agent (Sugar)
Iron Absorption
21. 1-Body Iron status:
Increased demands
(iron def.,pregnancy..)
Low iron stores high absorption
Iron overload Full iron stores Low absorption
2- Content and form of dietary iron
More Iron
Heam Iron
More
absorption
3- Balance between dietary enhancers&Inhibitory factors:
Meat (haem iron)
Fruit (Vitamin C)
Sugar (Solubilizing agent )
Acids
Dairy foods (calcium)
High fiber foods (phytate)
Coffee &tea (polyphenoles)
Anti -Acids
Enhancers Inhibitors
Iron Absorption
Ferrous Iron
22. 1-Chronic blood loss:
• GIT Bleeding: peptic ulcer, esophageal varices , hookworm cancer
• Uterine bleeding
• Hematuria
2- Increased demands:
• Immaturity
• Growth
• Pregnancy
• EPO therapy
3-Malabsorption:
• Enteropathy
• Gastrectomy
4-Poor diet: Rare as the only cause (rule out other causes)
Causes of IDA
24. 24
Beside symptoms and signs of anaemia +/- bleeding patients present with:
(a): Koilonychia (spoon-shaped nails)
(b): Angular stomatitis and/or glossitis
(c): Dysphagia due to pharyngeal web (Plummer-Vinson syndrome)
Signs and symptoms of IDA
a
c
b
26. Iron Studies
TIBC*
• Serum Iron
• Serum ferritin
• Transferrin
saturation
• Low serum iron
• Low serum ferritin
• Low transferrin
saturation
high TIBC
Normal IDA
TIBC : total iron binding capacity of transferrin
27. Iron Studies
Low TIBC*
• High Serum Iron
• High Serum ferritin
• High Transferrin
saturation
• Low serum iron
• Low serum ferritin
• Low transferrin
saturation
high TIBC
Thalassemia IDA
Normal
28. BM Iron stain (Perl’s stain): The gold standard but invasive procedure
Normal IDA: reduced or absent iron stores
(hemosiderin)
Investigation
29. Treatment of IDA
• Treat the underlying cause
• Iron replacement therapy:
Oral :( Ferrous Sulphate OD for 6 months)
Intravenous:( Ferric sucrose OD for 6 months)
Hb should rise 2g/dL every 3 weeks
30. PREVENTION OF IDA
• Dietary modification
Meat is better source than vegetables.
• Food fortification (with ferrous sulphate)
• GIT disturbances ,staining of teeth & metallic taste.
• Iron supplementation:
For high risk groups.
31. Anemia of chronic disease
•Normochromic normocytic (usually) anemia caused by
decreased release of iron from iron stores due to raised
serum Hepcidin .
•Associated with
- Chronic infection including HIV, malaria
- Chronic inflammations
-Tissue necrosis
-Malignancy
33. 33
Management:
Treat the underlying cause
Iron replacement +/- EPO
• Normocytic normochromic or mildly microcytic anaemia
• Low serum iron and TIBC
• Normal or high serum ferritin ( acute phase reactant)
• High haemosiderin in macrophages but low in normoblasts
Work-up and treatment
