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Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Evidence: Antibody

Names 

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA or AHA)
Acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Immunohemolytic anemia
Immune hemolytic anemia
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Description

Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia is caused when a person’s antibodies attack and destroy their red blood cells. Unlike cold agglutinin disease, the autoimmune destruction of cells occurs when a person’s body temperature is normal or above normal. It leads to low red blood cell levels in the body.

Some cases of this disease are caused by medications and are not autoimmune.

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Prevalence

US Cases: 50,000 [Eaton 2007].

Typical Age of onset

Most common between the ages of 50 and 75

Symptoms

  • Fatigue

  • Difficulty Breathing

  • Rapid heartbeat (tachycardia)

  • Chills

  • A feeling of abdominal fullness related to an enlarged spleen (

  • Yellowing of skin or eyes (jaundice)

  • Headache

  • Dark urine

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Profile by Darrison Haftarczyk

Updated January 2023

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