I have recently been diagnosed with anemia. When I was younger, I used to be really active; however, that stopped as I got older. I would easily lose breath and be lightheaded, but I thought that was because I was out of shape.
In the past two years I have donated blood three times. The first...
Seeking to improve the lives of sickle cell anemia sufferers around the world, researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, the Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Boston and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and others are preparing to launch Phase II...
directly or indirectly by the cut? The man cuts himself and it does not clot. his body makes new bloodcells faster than he's losing them, but this dilutes the amount of iron and nutrients, so after 20+ hours the man begins to go pale and get symptoms of anemia, and eventually he collapses and...
On the long list of*umbrella*terms that the general public doesn't have a firm grasp on,*anemia is*definitely*near the top. With over 400 varieties of the disease, it's the most common blood condition in the United States, and is most frequently seen in women. It's also the cause for a lot of...
Not long after birth, human babies transition from producing blood containing oxygen-rich fetal hemoglobin to blood bearing the adult hemoglobin protein. For children with sickle cell disease, the transition from the fetal to adult form of hemoglobin - the oxygen-carrying protein in blood -...
The multicenter Baby HUG trial led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators shows hydroxyurea reduces the most common symptoms of sickle cell anemia in children, raising hopes the drug will ease complications and improve patient quality of life. New research shows a drug...
I'm a woman practicing Kyokushin Karate and am going to attend a karate graduation in two days (I feel I have the techniques right). I think I have the strength and stamina, but there is a problem: I have anemia, and that makes me get dizzy and lightheaded easily during training (this is...
December is Aplastic Anemia Awareness Month, and New York Blood Center (NYBC) serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, calls upon the community to please take a few minutes from the holiday...
I'm trying to write about how heterozygote advantage of sickle cell anemia has led to increased population in heterozygous (sickle-cell carriers) individuals.
If there is any legitimate data that shows increased number in carriers in the last however long, it'd be greatly appreciated.
I'm almost positive im anemic : / i really want it to go away, i can't stand the exhaustion anymore. my question is how do i bring it up with my parents? my brother just got done with some surgery thing (not major) and bad stomach pain.. i don't want it to feel like to them, oh she wants...
I was just told I have Chronic Anemia, my iron levels and B-12 levels are nomal. I'm all ways cold and tired how can I wake up a little more coffee don't work. Please help if you can. Thank You TerryV
i have not been eating red meat for about 4 or 5 years, so i don't have much iron in my diet. but for the past year or so, i have been experiencing some symptoms of anemia. my hands are always cold, i've been getting pale, i get tired easily, i have headaches almost everyday, and i'm restless...
I have iron deficiency anemia, and recently started taking birth control (Yaz) to lighten my period, among other things. I took my first pill 11 days ago on the first day of my period, and my period just hasn't stopped. Usually it lasts about 5 days.
I know it's normal to have a long period the...