Other names: anemia, anemia, decrease in the number of erythrocytes, erythropenia
The number of red cells in the blood is determined from a blood count, which is a basic examination of blood collection, and performs a variety of reasons. Red blood cells comprise red blood pigment hemoglobin that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.
Lack of hemoglobin and thus the shortage of red blood cells is called anemia or anemia. May be symptom-free and comes at it from a random laboratory testing for other problems, a higher degree of anemia is already reflected increased fatigue, pallor, zadýcháváním to tinnitus, vertigo.
Reasons for the lack of red blood cells may be many and distributed to states, which cause increased losses or premature failure and in conditions where there is insufficient production of red blood cells.
The most common cause of anemia is a deficiency of iron, red blood cell count is also reduced in various chronic inflammation, chronic blood loss such as gastric ulcer, cells may also be increased uptake in the spleen at various congenital anomalies of blood, or may start to destroy their own immune system.
Cause first orientation determined from blood count depending on whether the cells are altered in size or shape and other investigative methods.
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