What is aplastic anemia?

Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. Aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, termed pancytopenia.

How do members experience aplastic anemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with aplastic anemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for aplastic anemia*

Who has aplastic anemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 10
30s 15
40s 16
50s 10
60s 16
70+ 17

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 35
Female 49

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What is aplastic anemia?

Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. Aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, termed pancytopenia.



Common symptoms reported by people with aplastic anemia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for aplastic anemia

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Compare treatments taken by people with aplastic anemia

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Who has aplastic anemia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 75 say aplastic anemia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 10
30s 15
40s 16
50s 10
60s 16
70+ 17
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 7
20-29 years 4
30-39 years 2
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 4
60-69 years 0
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 35
Female 49

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 33
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from aplastic anemia patients who have completed their condition history
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