chronic
Aplastic anaemia
Aplastic (AA) is a severe hematologic condition in which the body fails to make blood cells in sufficient numbers. Normally, blood cells are produced in the bone by stem cells that reside there, but patients with aplastic anemia have a of all blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and .
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·pale skin, , fast heart rate, rash, dizziness, headache, frequent or prolonged , nosebleeds, bleeding gums, prolonged bleeding from cuts, unexplained or easy bruising, hematoma
Prevention
- ·targeted therapy
Treatment
- ·bone , , radiotherapy
- ·targeted therapy
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