APLASTIC ANEMIA

ALLY KOSCINSKI
What is Aplastic Anemia?
 Aplastic anemia is a form of bone marrow failure.
 Bone marrow- spongy tissue inside the bones that contains lines of blood
cells.
 Cells are critical to supplying oxygen, fighting infection, and clotting the blood.
 In this disease, the bone marrow slows or stops the production of new cells all
together.
Causes
 Dangerous Chemical Toxins
 Pesticides
 Radiation and chemotherapy
 Cancer treatment
 Infectious diseases
 Hepatitis
 Autoimmune disorders
 Lupus
 Rheumatoid Arthritis.
 Unknown factors
 idiopathic aplastic anemia.
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Dizziness
Headaches
Pale skin
Symptoms
Irregular heart rate
Chest pain
Continuous bleeding
How do you get it?
 Can be acquired or inherited
Inheriting is rare
Normally inherited during first decade of life
Acquiring is common
 May occur suddenly, or can occur slowly
Result from an immune-mediated attack
Not contagious
Treatment
 Mild or moderate aplastic anemia may not need treatment
 Severe aplastic anemia needs immediate treatment right
away
 can be fatal if it's not treated right away.

 Blood transfusions- blood given to you through an (IV)

 Matching blood types

 Blood and Marrow Stem cell transplant

Blood and Marrow stem cell transplant
Once the stem cells are replaces damaged stem
tube placed in a vein in in your body, they travel cells with healthy ones
your chest transfers to your bone marrow from another person (a
donated stem cells and begin making new donor).
blood cells.
60% 80%
Causes are unknown
10% 14%
Over the age of 65
Survival rate

9%
Woman between
Children under the age
of 2

The ages 12 and 49

STATISTICS
Citations
“Aplastic Anemia.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 6 Mar. 2018,
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/aplastic-anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355015.

“Aplastic Anemia.” National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/aplastic-anemia.

Hill, Michael. “Aplastic Anemia.” Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, 18 July
2017, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center/types_cancer/aplastic_anemia.html.

“22 Rare Aplastic Anemia Statistics.” HRFnd, 16 Feb. 2015, healthresearchfunding.org/22-rare-

aplastic-anemia-statistics/.