Common a disturbance in iron metabolism. In iron deficiency anemia and its lack in this state by a blockage in their use. Despite their frequency is an underdiagnosed entity. The most common causes of anemia of chronic disease (ACS) are tumors or chronic inflammatory or infectious cause, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, Crohn’s disease, vasculitis, etc.
Infections of this type are anemia is chronic, lasting a month or more, which is the time it takes to develop. The most common are: tuberculosis, empyema and lung abscess, bronchiectasis, osteomyelitis, subacute bacterial endocarditis, chronic fungal infections and HIV infection.
But not all anemias within an infection can be categorized as ACS or the mechanism may be mixed. It can cause anemia by immune hemolysis (mycoplasma, Epstein-Barr) nonimmune hemolysis as bacterial endocarditis, malaria microangiopathic hemolysis as HIV infection or E. Coli O157; by infection of hematopoietic progenitors: parvovirus B19 and HIV and hemophagocytosis in the case of brucellosis, leishmaniasis and infections with herpes group viruses and HIV.
Also some of the drugs used to treat infections can cause anemia. Moderate anemia is generally not less than 9g/dL hemoglobin and clinical results from underlying disease. Its onset is insidious over a period of 3-4 weeks.
Tags: Anemia, Chronic Disease, Disease and Dangerous, hemophagocytosis, HIV infection, type anemia chronic
