Patient's question:
Friend felt weak a few days ago and often had dizziness. After working for a long time, he would feel dizzy and blurred vision. In severe cases, things became a bit blurry and unclear. He went to a nearby hospital for a thorough check-up, and the doctor said it was hemolytic anemia. What is hemolytic anemia? Is it the same as anemia? What causes hemolytic anemia? How should it be treated?Hello, what are the causes of megaloblastic anemia and hemolytic anemia?
Doctor's answer:
Hemolytic anemia refers to anemia that occurs again due to the premature and excessive destruction of red blood cells. The destruction of red blood cells mainly occurs in two ways: one is the rupture of red blood cells in the blood circulation, known as intravascular hemolysis, or extravascular hemolysis. The other is due to changes on the surface of the red blood cell membrane, which are recognized and detected by macrophages in the liver and spleen, leading to destruction within the macrophages, known as extravascular hemolysis or intravascular hemolysis. There are many different factors that can cause hemolytic anemia, including intrinsic defects of red blood cells and extrinsic defects of red blood cells.