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Aplastic anemia: Anemia due to failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well as platelets. Aplastic anemia frequently occurs without a known cause.
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Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow produces too few of all types of blood cells: red cells, white cells, and platelets.
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Aplastic anemia falls into three basic categories, based on the origin of its cause: idiopathic, acquired, and hereditary.
In about 60% of cases, aplastic anemia is considered to be idiopathic, meaning that the cause of the disorder is unknown.
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In aplastic anemia, your body stops producing enough new blood cells. This means you're fatigued and at higher risk of infections and uncontrolled bleeding.
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Aplastic anemia is a condition in which the bone marrow fails to produce blood cells.
What is going on in the body?
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Severe aplastic anemia, which shows up as a very low blood-cell count, is a life-threatening condition. A bone marrow transplant is indicated for younger patients with a severe case of the disease.
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Aplastic anemiaA greatly decreased production of all of the formed elements of the blood caused by a failure of the cell-generating capacity of the bone marrow.
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Secondary Aplastic Anemia
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Conditions that can decrease WBC values include chemotherapy, aplastic anemia, viral infections, malaria, alcoholism, AIDS, lupus, or Cushing's syndrome.
Platelets
Low platelet values can occur in pregnancy or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
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The anemia associated with benzene exposure is termed aplastic anemia. The types of leukemia associated with benzene exposure are adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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Indicated in cases of aplastic anemia, thalassemia, leukemia, or lymphoma. Allogeneic bone marrow transplants can result in "graft Vs host" reactions. Immunosuppressive drugs are necessary in allogeneic transplants.
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The injection of umbilical cord blood to restore an individual's own blood production system suppressed by anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, or both. It is being studied in the treatment of cancer and severe blood disorders such as aplastic anemia.
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