Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Introduction: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Description of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (medical condition): A rare blood condition where small blood clots form in blood vessels which reduces the number of blood platelets and results in kidney failure, neurological symptoms and anemia.

See also:

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital:
  »Introduction: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital
  »Symptoms of Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: hemolysis due to intravascular fragmentation of red blood cells; may be due to microcirculatory lesions or the insertion of cardiac or intravascular prosthetic devices.
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Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, or a subtype of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia as a Disease

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: Another name for Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital
  »Symptoms of Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital

Causes of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Some of the causes of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia are included in the list below:

• Malignant hypertension
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Schulman-Upshaw syndrome
• Mitomycin C
• Paraneoplastic syndrome

See full list of 13 causes of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital)

Symptoms of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital)

Some of the symptoms of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia incude:

• High fever
• Rash
• Severe thrombocytopenia
• Severe anemia
• High blood bilirubin levels

See full list of 38 symptoms of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital)

Terms associated with Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia:

Terms Similar to Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia:

• Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
• MHA

Source: Diseases Database

• Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, congenital
• Schulman-Upshaw syndrome
• TTP, congenital
• Thrombotic microangiopathy, familial
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, familial
• USS
• Upshaw factor, deficiency of
• Upshaw-Schulman syndrome
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital

Source - NIH

External links related to: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

• eMedicine - Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome : Article by Malvinder S Parmar, MB, MS, FRCPC, FACP
• eMedicine - Thrombocytopenic Purpura : Article by D Symonette, MD, MPH, FACEP

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