For example autoantibody (autoimmune haemolytic anaemia), iso antibody, parasitic invasion of the cells (malaria), bacterial or chemical haemolysins, mechanical damage to erythrocytes.
Origin: Gr. Haima = blood
American spelling: hemolytic anemia ...
Haemolytic anaemia due to red blood cell antibodies
Various haemolytic anaemias are caused by the immune system making destructive antibodies against red blood cells, e.g.
Haemolytic anaemia
Haemolytic anaemia is a type of anaemia caused by the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells, either in the blood vessels (called intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the body (extravascular haemolysis).
haemolytic anaemia
himltk nimi noun a condition in which the destruction of red blood cells is about six times the usual ...
haemolytic disease of the newborn ...
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is a rare disease in which the body's immune system seems to attack the red cells. It usually affects adults.
Haemolysis can also be a side-effect of some drugs, eg dapsone.
Impairment of liver cell function ...
Haemolytic anaemia - the inherited types of haemolytic anaemias are autoimmune disorders, characterised by the destruction of red blood cells by the immune system.
The aetiologies include blood loss, excessive destruction of red cells (haemolytic anaemia), impaired production of blood (iron deficiency; pernicious and folic acid deficiency anaemias), abnormal composition of red blood cells (thalassaemia, ...
Clinically, HbH disease manifests as a severely hypochromic, reticulocytic and chronic haemolytic anaemia with Heinz bodies and may lead to complications common to all forms of congenital haemolysis. The disease is active from foetal life onwards.
Sickle cell anaemia varies from a mild symptomatic disorder to a severe haemolytic anaemia and recurrent severe painful crises.
Red blood cell problems such as thalassaemia, sickle cell anaemia and the haemolytic anaemias. In these conditions the red cells are fragile and break easily in the bloodstream.
In some conditions, red blood cells mature and are destroyed by the body too quickly. This type of anaemia is called haemolytic anaemia and is often caused by an inherited condition, such as sickle cell anaemia.
A variety of disorders can cause the spleen to enlarge, sometimes to 2kg (roughly 4lbs) or more. Any condition that causes a rapid breakdown of blood cells, such as haemolytic anaemia, can place great strain on the spleen and make it enlarge.
 See also: Anaemia, Symptom, Infections, Kidney, Deficiency
  
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