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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*
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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
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
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have aplastic anemia through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with aplastic anemia? Members in the forum might have the answers.