Haemolytic Anaemia Research Paper

Drug-induced immune haemolytic anaemia (DIIHA) is considered as a singular blood disorder as it only happens in one in every 1 million people. It is the condition when the body’s immune system is attacked by its own RBC when certain drugs like penicillin, cephalosporin antibiotics, methyldopa and a list of others are being taken. When RBCs are being broken down, it promotes anaemia in which oxygen is depleted in tissues. [8] To be able to understand, drug-induced oxidative haemolytic anaemia is a common heredity genetic disorder that is X-linked recessive in nature. In order words, the chances men will suffer from this diseases are more often than women as women will only be affected if they are homozygous. [4, 6, 7] Although both are rare blood …show more content…
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