Types of Anemia

Types list:

The list of types of Anemia mentioned in various sources includes:

• Iron deficiency anemia - the most common cause.
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
• Pernicious anemia
• Thalassemia
• Categories of anemias:
  • Microcytic hypochromic anemia - about 90% of cases
  • Megaloblastic hyperchromic anemia - about 7% of cases; immature megaloblast cells wrongly enter the blood.
  • Aplastic anemia - bone marrow not producing enough red blood cells.
  • Hemolytic anemia - caused by early destruction of red blood cells in the blood.
  • Sideroblastic anemia

Types discussion:

There are several kinds of anemia produced by a variety of underlying causes, but the most common and most severe type of anemia, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). Just as the name implies, this form of anemia is due to insufficient iron. In the United States, 20% of all women of childbearing age have iron-deficiency anemia, compared with only 2% of adult men. The principal cause of iron-deficiency anemia in premenopausal women is blood lost during menses. (Source: excerpt from Anemia: NWHIC)

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