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	Anemia

Anemia is the condition in which a person has either too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin within their red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the protein responsible for carrying oxygen, thus with too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin, insufficient oxygen is transported to the body’s tissues and organs. Anemia commonly causes a patient to feel tired, short of breath, develop frequent infections, or experience heart palpitations. On the other hand, patients may be anemic and asymptomatic as well.

		Kelly Eagen, MSIII, Yingshan Shi, MD	The page stated on 07/04/2007 and updated on 07//2007

General Information

Anemia Encyclopedia NLM
Anemia NLM
Anemia KidsHealth
About anemia -KidsHealth
Anemia - Wiki

	General Information
	Anemia NHLBI Anemia in Childrenl AAFP Anemia Merck Causes Mayo Symptoms & Signs Mayo

	Blood Basics
	Blood, Heart & Circulation NLM Blood UCMC Blood KidsHealth Complete Blood Count Kids Health


	Causes of Anemias

	Decreased Red Blood Cell Production

	Iron Deficiency Anemia
	Iron deficiency anemia - children NLM Iron deficiency anemia NLM Iron-Deficiency anemia NHLBI

	Iron Deficiency Anemia
	How to Prevent It AAFP Prevention AAFP Prevention KKH Foods Rich in Iron UCMC Foods Rich in Iron NHLBI

	Megaloblastic Anemias
	Megaloblastic Anemias NLM Vitamin B12 deficiency NLM Vitamin B12 deficiency NHLBI Vitamin B 12 Deficiency AFP Vitamin B12 NLM

	Megaloblastic Anemias
	Foods Rich in VitaminB12 Foods Rich in Vitamin B12 NLM Folic acid deficiency NLM Folic acid - encyclopedia Wiki Folic Acid, CDC CDC Foods Rich in Folate UF

	Anemia of Chronic Diseases
	Anemia of chronic disease NLM Chronic Disorders Wiki Renal Disease NIDDK

	Impaired Bone Marrow Production
	Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood (TEC) WebMD Idiopathic aplastic anemia NLM Aplastic Anemia NHLBI

	Impaired BM Production
	Secondary aplastic anemiaNLM Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia (Diamond-Blackfan Syndrome) NIDDK Fanconi's Anemia NLM

	Other
	Physiologic Anemia of Infancy


	Causes of Anemias
	Hemolytic Anemias
	Increased Red Blood Cell Destruction

	Enzymatic Defects
	Glucose-6-phosphate NLM G6PD deficiency GHR Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency NLM Sideroblastic Anemia IDI

	Hemoglobin Defects
	Sickle Cell Anemia NLM Sickle Cell Anemia NLM How Get SCD? Harvard Sickle Cell Disease KidsHealth ClinicalTrials-Sickle Cell NIH

	Hemoglobin Defects
	Anemia, thalassemia NHLBI Living with Thalassemia NCCTC Hemoglobin C disease NLM Hemoglobin S-C disease MERCK Hemoglobin E disease MERCK

	Membrane Defects
	Hereditary Spherocytosis WebMD Hereditary Elliptocytosis MERCK Hereditary Stomatocytosis Wiki

	Immune Hemolytic Anemia
	Immune hemolytic anemia NLM Immune Hemolytic Anemia Drug-induced MERCK Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria NLM


	Causes of Anemias

	Excessive Bleeding

	Hemolytic Anemia- Other Causes
	Enlarged spleen MERCK Mechanical damage to RBCs Hemolytic anemia caused by chemicals and toxins NLM

Abbreviations
AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org
CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/index.htm
GHR: Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
Harvard: Harvard Med School http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu
IDI: Iron Disorders Institute http://www.irondisorders.org/Disorders/Sideroblastic.asp
KKH http://www.keepkidshealthy.com
KidsHealth: Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/index.html
Mayo: http://www.mayoclinic.com
Merck: http://www.merck.com
NHLBI: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html
NIH: http://clinicaltrials.gov
NIDDK: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, NIH http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/anemia/
NLM: National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html
NCCTC: Northern California Comprehensive Thalassemia Center http://www.thalassemia.com
Sickkids: http://www.sickkids.ca
UCMC: University of Chicago Medical Center http://www.uchospitals.edu/online-library/index.html
UF: University of Florida http://www.ufl.edu/
WebMD: http://www.emedicine.com
WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org