Pernicious anemia

Pernicious anemia: Introduction

Pernicious anemia: Pernicious anemia is a blood disorder where the body is unable to use it properly use Vitamin B12 to make red blood cells. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pernicious anemia is available below.

Symptoms of Pernicious anemia

• Anemia - see also symptoms of anemia
  • Pallor
  • Tiredness
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 63 symptoms of Pernicious anemia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Pernicious anemia:

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Pernicious anemia: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Pernicious anemia

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Diagnostic Tests for Pernicious anemia

• Blood counts - see also tests for anemia
• Characteristic red blood cell changes
• Serum Vitamin B12
• Antibody blood tests
• Stomach acid tests
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pernicious anemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Pernicious anemia
• Failure to diagnose Pernicious anemia
• Hidden causes of Pernicious anemia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Pernicious anemia

Pernicious anemia: Medical Mistakes

• Women's Health Mistakes:
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  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

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Pernicious anemia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Pernicious anemia

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Pituitary conditions often undiagnosed cause of symptoms: There are a variety of symptoms that can be caused by a pituitary disorder (see symptoms of pituitary disorders). For example, fatigue, headache, weight gain, ...read more »

Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as ...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Pernicious anemia

Pernicious anemia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Pernicious anemia

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Pernicious anemia:

• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Pernicious anemia, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Pernicious anemia: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Pernicious anemia

• Vitamin B12 deficiency
• Vegan diet
• Gastritis
• Gastrectomy
• Small intestine removal
• more causes...»

See full list of 17 causes of Pernicious anemia

More information about causes of Pernicious anemia:

• Underlying causes of Pernicious anemia
• Pernicious anemia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Pernicious anemia as a symptom

Treatments for Pernicious anemia

• Vitamin B12 injections - usually continued throughout life.
• Treatment of anemia - see treatment of anemia
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin B12
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Pernicious anemia

News Archives for Pernicious anemia

Medical news articles related to Pernicious anemia include:

• Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA
• New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease
• Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Anemia
• FDA Reports New Risks Posed by Anemia Drugs
• FDA Issues New Warnings for Anemia Drugs
• Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

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Patient Surveys for Pernicious anemia

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Statistics for Pernicious anemia

• Medical statistics for Pernicious anemia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Pernicious anemia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Pernicious anemia
• Society statistics for Pernicious anemia

Pernicious anemia: Broader Related Topics

• Autoimmune diseases
• Anemia
• Blood conditions
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Types of Pernicious anemia

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Definitions of Pernicious anemia:

Anemia due to poor intestinal absorption of vitamin B12 caused by defective production of intrinsic factor (a carrier protein) by the gastric mucosa. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Pernicious anemia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet