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Aplastic Anemia and Anemic
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Aplastic Anemia and Anemic

by Leonard__0, Nov 06, 1998 12:00AM

     I was wanting to know the difference between Aplastic Anemia and Anemic.
   When I was 4 months old I was anemic- white blood cells atacking red blood cells or vise versa. It was caused by the milk I was drinking, that's what I've heard. At the age of 32 my dr srarted me on Felbatol for my sz. for about 5 months, then my dr. took me off of it because it could cause aplastic anemia. About 2 years later I started having trouble with my hips..pain, had to have both replaced. Could eather one of the above be the cause of getting Avascular Necrosis.  
                           Leonard
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Being anemic means that there is a low number of red cells in the blood,it
can be due to lack of iron in the blood,lack of vitamin B12, or folic acid
or due to blood loss from chronic bleeding,(like an ulcer for instance )
Aplastic anemia is a condition where the bone marrow ,which makes blood cells
is underactive and does not make new blood cells,this can lead to lack of
blood cells (anemia ) but aplastic anemia is a more specific cause.
Neither one is associated with avascular necrosis of the hips.
If you need further information you would be best to consult a
hematologist, as this is considerable outside the field of neurology and our
area of practice. Nevertheless I hope this answers your question.





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