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Offers health resources on anemia, including disorders such as sickle cell anemia, pernicious anemia and thalassemia. Provides information on the signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention and treatment.
Anemia occurs when your blood doesn't have enough hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. All parts of your body need oxygen. Anemia can starve your body of the oxygen it needs to survive. Some people refer to anemia as "low blood".
Source: The College of Family Physicians of Canada
What is Thalassemia? Who Carries Thalassemia? What is Thalassemia Minor? What is Thalassemia Major? How Can Thalassemia be treated?
Source: Thalassemia Foundation of Canada
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition that can be life-threatening. It causes chronic pain and swelling in the joints, fever and respiratory infections. There is no cure for sickle cell anemia – but there is hope through research.
Source: The Sickle Cell Association of Ontario
Anemia is the result of a lower-than-normal level of red blood cells (RBCs). This can be caused by such events as blood loss (as in surgery); or certain diseases, such as cancer, kidney disease or HIV; or by treatment such as chemotherapy or AZT. It can also be due to deficiencies in iron, folate, and/or vitamin B12.
Source: Anemia Institute for Research & Education
Sickle cell disease is a set of hereditary diseases, the most common being sickle cell anemia and b-thalassemia. In general, the term sickle cell disease is used to describe a group of genetic abnormalities of the red blood cells characterized by a predominance of hemoglobin S. The most common manifestations of the disease are chronic anemia and organ damage caused by obstructed blood flow. (Available in French only).
Source: Association d'Anémie Falciforme du Québec
Fatigue is one of the most common side effects of cancer. This brochure will give people with cancer and their families a better understanding of the anemia and fatigue that cancer and its treatment can cause. (Available in French only).
Source: Fondation québécoise du cancer
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