This leads to a higher concentration of hemoglobin and a high MCHC. With sideroblastic anemia, your body can't use iron well enough to make normal RBCs. As a result, “you could have red cells ...

Anemia is when you have low levels of red blood cells. When this happens, your organs and tissues have a harder time getting oxygen. You may feel fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath. Anemia ...

About 30% of people with heavy periods have low iron, and 60% develop iron deficiency anemia if the blood loss continues. If you think you have anemia, your healthcare provider can help by ...

Sideroblastic anemia results from abnormal utilization of iron during the production of red blood cells with resultant entrapment of iron in the mitochondria of developing erythroid cells in bone ...

Anemia of chronic disease is caused by long-term underlying health conditions, such as autoimmune disorders, that affect your body’s ability to make red blood cells. If you have anemia, you have ...

We have had the opportunity of treating a patient with pyridoxine-responsive anemia who had the typical features of this disease and abnormally low levels of serum lipids and cholesterol.

You can get folic acid deficiency anemia a few different ways. Here are some examples: You don’t eat enough foods that contain folic acid. This is the case for most people. You might not be ...

Megaloblastic anemia is a type of vitamin deficiency anemia that causes larger-than-normal red blood cells and enlarged and abnormal red blood cell precursors (megaloblasts) to appear in the bone ...