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- Aplastic Anemia
- SYMPTOMS. With Aplastic Anemia there may be severe sore throat, brown
- pigmentation of the skin, blood seeping into the skin and any of the
- symptoms of Iron Deficiency Anemia but they will probably be more severe.
- There will also be less resistance to infections.
- CAUSES. Aplastic Anemia is caused by damage to the bone marrow. Damage to
- the bone marrow may be caused by some sulfa drugs, insecticides, gold
- compounds, nitrogen mustard, quinacrine, chloramphenicol, methotrexate and
- benzene. The red blood cells (which are needed for nutrition for the tissue)
- and white blood cells (which are needed to fight infections) are produced in
- the bone marrow.
- TREATMENT. The causes must be stopped and bone marrow restored to health.
- .A blood transfusion may be required.
- .You doctor may control infection with antibiotics.