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Hemolytic anemia

Hemolytic anemia or haemolytic anaemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs), either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the human body (extravascular).[2] This most commonly occurs within the spleen, but also can occur in the reticuloendothelial system or mechanically (prosthetic valve damage).[2] Hemolytic anemia accounts for 5% of all existing anemias.[2] It has numerous possible consequences, ranging from general symptoms to life-threatening systemic effects.[2] The general classification of hemolytic anemia is either intrinsic or extrinsic.[3] Treatment depends on the type and cause of the hemolytic anemia.[2]

Hemolytic anemia
Other namesHaemolytic anaemia
Figure shows normal red blood cells flowing freely in a blood vessel. The inset image shows a cross-section of a normal red blood cell with normal hemoglobin.[1]
SpecialtyHematology
CausesHemolysis

Symptoms of hemolytic anemia are similar to other forms of anemia (fatigue and shortness of breath), but in addition, the breakdown of red cells leads to jaundice and increases the risk of particular long-term complications, such as gallstones[4] and pulmonary hypertension.[5]

Signs and symptoms edit

Symptoms of hemolytic anemia are similar to the general signs of anemia.[2] General signs and symptoms include: fatigue, pallor, shortness of breath, and tachycardia.[2] In small children, failure to thrive may occur in any form of anemia.[6][7] In addition, symptoms related to hemolysis may be present such as chills, jaundice, dark urine, and an enlarged spleen.[2] Certain aspects of the medical history can suggest a cause for hemolysis, such as drugs, medication side effects, autoimmune disorders, blood transfusion reactions, the presence of prosthetic heart valve, or other medical illness.[2]

Chronic hemolysis leads to an increased excretion of bilirubin into the biliary tract, which in turn may lead to gallstones.[8] The continuous release of free hemoglobin has been linked with the development of pulmonary hypertension (increased pressure over the pulmonary artery); this, in turn, leads to episodes of syncope (fainting), chest pain, and progressive breathlessness.[9] Pulmonary hypertension eventually causes right ventricular heart failure, the symptoms of which are peripheral edema (fluid accumulation in the skin of the legs) and ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity).[9]

Causes edit

They may be classified according to the means of hemolysis, being either intrinsic in cases where the cause is related to the red blood cell (RBC) itself, or extrinsic in cases where factors external to the RBC dominate.[10] Intrinsic effects may include problems with RBC proteins or oxidative stress handling, whereas external factors include immune attack and microvascular angiopathies (RBCs are mechanically damaged in circulation).[2][3]

Intrinsic causes edit

Hereditary (inherited) hemolytic anemia can be due to :

Extrinsic causes edit

Acquired hemolytic anemia may be caused by immune-mediated causes, drugs, and other miscellaneous causes.[2]

Mechanism edit

In hemolytic anemia, there are two principal mechanisms of hemolysis; intravascular and extravascular.[25]

Intravascular hemolysis edit

Intravascular hemolysis describes hemolysis that happens mainly inside the vasculature.[26] As a result, the contents of the red blood cell are released into the general circulation, leading to hemoglobinemia[27] and increasing the risk of ensuing hyperbilirubinemia.[28]

Intravascular hemolysis may occur when red blood cells are targeted by autoantibodies, leading to complement fixation, or by damage by parasites such as Babesia.[29]

Extravascular hemolysis edit

Extravascular hemolysis refers to hemolysis taking place in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and lymph nodes.[26] In this case little hemoglobin escapes into blood plasma.[28] The macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system in these organs engulf and destroy structurally-defective red blood cells, or those with antibodies attached, and release unconjugated bilirubin into the blood plasma circulation.[30][31] Typically, the spleen destroys mildly abnormal red blood cells or those coated with IgG-type antibodies,[32][33] while severely abnormal red blood cells or those coated with IgM-type antibodies are destroyed in the circulation or in the liver.[32]

If extravascular hemolysis is extensive, hemosiderin can be deposited in the spleen, bone marrow, kidney, liver, and other organs, resulting in hemosiderosis.[28]

In a healthy person, a red blood cell survives 90 to 120 days in the circulation, so about 1% of human red blood cells break down each day.[34][unreliable medical source?] The spleen (part of the reticulo-endothelial system) is the main organ that removes old and damaged RBCs from the circulation.[2] In healthy individuals, the breakdown and removal of RBCs from the circulation is matched by the production of new RBCs in the bone marrow.[2]

In conditions where the rate of RBC breakdown is increased, the body initially compensates by producing more RBCs; however, breakdown of RBCs can exceed the rate that the body can make RBCs, and so anemia can develop.[34] Bilirubin, a breakdown product of hemoglobin, can accumulate in the blood, causing jaundice.[29]

In general, hemolytic anemia occurs as a modification of the RBC life cycle.[35][unreliable medical source?] That is, instead of being collected at the end of its useful life and disposed of normally, the RBC disintegrates in a manner allowing free iron-containing molecules to reach the blood.[35] With their complete lack of mitochondria, RBCs rely on pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) for the materials needed to reduce oxidative damage. Any limitations of PPP can result in more susceptibility to oxidative damage and a short or abnormal lifecycle.[36][unreliable medical source?] If the cell is unable to signal to the reticuloendothelial phagocytes by externalizing phosphatidylserine, it is likely to lyse through uncontrolled means.[37][38][39]

The distinguishing feature of intravascular hemolysis is the release of RBC contents into the blood stream. The metabolism and elimination of these products, largely iron-containing compounds capable of doing damage through Fenton reactions, is an important part of the condition. Several reference texts exist on the elimination pathways, for example.[40][41][42] Free hemoglobin can bind to haptoglobin, and the complex is cleared from the circulation; thus, a decrease in haptoglobin can support a diagnosis of hemolytic anemia. Alternatively, hemoglobin may oxidize and release the heme group that is able to bind to either albumin or hemopexin. The heme is ultimately converted to bilirubin and removed in stool and urine.[40] Hemoglobin may be cleared directly by the kidneys resulting in fast clearance of free hemoglobin but causing the continued loss of hemosiderin loaded renal tubular cells for many days.

Additional effects of free hemoglobin seem to be due to specific reactions with NO.[43]

Diagnosis edit

The diagnosis of hemolytic anemia can be suspected on the basis of a constellation of symptoms and is largely based on the presence of anemia, an increased proportion of immature red cells (reticulocytes) and a decrease in the level of haptoglobin, a protein that binds free hemoglobin. Examination of a peripheral blood smear and some other laboratory studies can contribute to the diagnosis. Symptoms of hemolytic anemia include those that can occur in all anemias as well as the specific consequences of hemolysis. All anemias can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, decreased ability to exercise when severe. Symptoms specifically related to hemolysis include jaundice and dark colored urine due to the presence of hemoglobin (hemoglobinuria). When restricted to the morning hemoglobinuria may suggest paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. Direct examination of blood under a microscope in a peripheral blood smear may demonstrate red blood cell fragments called schistocytes, red blood cells that look like spheres (spherocytes), and/or red blood cells missing small pieces (bite cells). An increased number of newly made red blood cells (reticulocytes) may also be a sign of bone marrow compensation for anemia. Laboratory studies commonly used to investigate hemolytic anemia include blood tests for breakdown products of red blood cells, bilirubin and lactate dehydrogenase, a test for the free hemoglobin binding protein haptoglobin, and the direct Coombs test (also called direct antiglobulin test or DAT) to evaluate complement factors and/or antibodies binding to red blood cells:[44]

 
Algorithm for the main diagnoses in a positive DAT, using C3 to represent complement factors, and IgG as antibody type.[44]

Treatment edit

Definitive therapy depends on the cause:

  • Symptomatic treatment can be given by blood transfusion, if there is marked anemia. A positive Coombs test is a relative contraindication to transfuse the patient. In cold hemolytic anemia there is advantage in transfusing warmed blood.
  • In severe immune-related hemolytic anemia, steroid therapy is sometimes necessary.
  • In steroid resistant cases, consideration can be given to rituximab or addition of an immunosuppressant (azathioprine, cyclophosphamide).
  • Association of methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin can control hemolysis in acute severe cases.
  • Sometimes splenectomy can be helpful where extravascular hemolysis, or hereditary spherocytosis, is predominant (i.e., most of the red blood cells are being removed by the spleen).[45]

Mitapivat was approved for medical use in the United States in February 2022.[46]

Other animals edit

Hemolytic anemia affects nonhuman species as well as humans. It has been found, in a number of animal species, to result from specific triggers.[47]

Some notable cases include hemolytic anemia found in black rhinos kept in captivity, with the disease, in one instance, affecting 20% of captive rhinos at a specific facility.[48][49][50] The disease is also found in wild rhinos.[51]

Dogs and cats differ slightly from humans in some details of their RBC composition and have altered susceptibility to damage, notably, increased susceptibility to oxidative damage from consumption of onion. Garlic is less toxic to dogs than onion.[52]

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Hemolytic anemia or haemolytic anaemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells RBCs either in the blood vessels intravascular hemolysis or elsewhere in the human body extravascular 2 This most commonly occurs within the spleen but also can occur in the reticuloendothelial system or mechanically prosthetic valve damage 2 Hemolytic anemia accounts for 5 of all existing anemias 2 It has numerous possible consequences ranging from general symptoms to life threatening systemic effects 2 The general classification of hemolytic anemia is either intrinsic or extrinsic 3 Treatment depends on the type and cause of the hemolytic anemia 2 Hemolytic anemiaOther namesHaemolytic anaemiaFigure shows normal red blood cells flowing freely in a blood vessel The inset image shows a cross section of a normal red blood cell with normal hemoglobin 1 SpecialtyHematologyCausesHemolysisSymptoms of hemolytic anemia are similar to other forms of anemia fatigue and shortness of breath but in addition the breakdown of red cells leads to jaundice and increases the risk of particular long term complications such as gallstones 4 and pulmonary hypertension 5 Contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Causes 2 1 Intrinsic causes 2 2 Extrinsic causes 3 Mechanism 3 1 Intravascular hemolysis 3 2 Extravascular hemolysis 4 Diagnosis 5 Treatment 6 Other animals 7 References 8 External linksSigns and symptoms editSymptoms of hemolytic anemia are similar to the general signs of anemia 2 General signs and symptoms include fatigue pallor shortness of breath and tachycardia 2 In small children failure to thrive may occur in any form of anemia 6 7 In addition symptoms related to hemolysis may be present such as chills jaundice dark urine and an enlarged spleen 2 Certain aspects of the medical history can suggest a cause for hemolysis such as drugs medication side effects autoimmune disorders blood transfusion reactions the presence of prosthetic heart valve or other medical illness 2 Chronic hemolysis leads to an increased excretion of bilirubin into the biliary tract which in turn may lead to gallstones 8 The continuous release of free hemoglobin has been linked with the development of pulmonary hypertension increased pressure over the pulmonary artery this in turn leads to episodes of syncope fainting chest pain and progressive breathlessness 9 Pulmonary hypertension eventually causes right ventricular heart failure the symptoms of which are peripheral edema fluid accumulation in the skin of the legs and ascites fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity 9 Causes editMain articles Congenital hemolytic anemia and Acquired hemolytic anemia They may be classified according to the means of hemolysis being either intrinsic in cases where the cause is related to the red blood cell RBC itself or extrinsic in cases where factors external to the RBC dominate 10 Intrinsic effects may include problems with RBC proteins or oxidative stress handling whereas external factors include immune attack and microvascular angiopathies RBCs are mechanically damaged in circulation 2 3 Intrinsic causes edit Hereditary inherited hemolytic anemia can be due to Defects of red blood cell membrane production as in hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis 2 Defects in hemoglobin production as in thalassemia sickle cell disease and congenital dyserythropoietic anemia 2 Defective red cell metabolism as in glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and pyruvate kinase deficiency 11 12 Wilson s disease may infrequently present with hemolytic anemia without due to excessive inorganic copper in blood circulation which destroys red blood cells though the mechanism of hemolysis is still unclear 13 Extrinsic causes edit Acquired hemolytic anemia may be caused by immune mediated causes drugs and other miscellaneous causes 2 Immune mediated causes could include transient factors as in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection cold agglutinin disease 14 or permanent factors as in autoimmune diseases like autoimmune hemolytic anemia 15 itself more common in diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus rheumatoid arthritis Hodgkin s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia 2 Spur cell hemolytic anemia 16 Any of the causes of hypersplenism increased activity of the spleen such as portal hypertension 17 Acquired hemolytic anemia is also encountered in burns and as a result of certain infections e g malaria 15 18 Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria PNH sometimes referred to as Marchiafava Micheli syndrome is a rare acquired potentially life threatening disease of the blood characterized by complement induced intravascular hemolytic anemia 19 Lead poisoning resulting from the environment causes non immune hemolytic anemia 20 Similarly poisoning by arsine or stibine also causes hemolytic anemia 21 Runners can develop hemolytic anemia due to footstrike hemolysis owing to the destruction of red blood cells in feet at foot impact 22 23 Low grade hemolytic anemia occurs in 70 of prosthetic heart valve recipients and severe hemolytic anemia occurs in 3 24 Mechanism editIn hemolytic anemia there are two principal mechanisms of hemolysis intravascular and extravascular 25 Intravascular hemolysis edit Intravascular hemolysis describes hemolysis that happens mainly inside the vasculature 26 As a result the contents of the red blood cell are released into the general circulation leading to hemoglobinemia 27 and increasing the risk of ensuing hyperbilirubinemia 28 Intravascular hemolysis may occur when red blood cells are targeted by autoantibodies leading to complement fixation or by damage by parasites such as Babesia 29 Extravascular hemolysis edit Extravascular hemolysis refers to hemolysis taking place in the liver spleen bone marrow and lymph nodes 26 In this case little hemoglobin escapes into blood plasma 28 The macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system in these organs engulf and destroy structurally defective red blood cells or those with antibodies attached and release unconjugated bilirubin into the blood plasma circulation 30 31 Typically the spleen destroys mildly abnormal red blood cells or those coated with IgG type antibodies 32 33 while severely abnormal red blood cells or those coated with IgM type antibodies are destroyed in the circulation or in the liver 32 If extravascular hemolysis is extensive hemosiderin can be deposited in the spleen bone marrow kidney liver and other organs resulting in hemosiderosis 28 In a healthy person a red blood cell survives 90 to 120 days in the circulation so about 1 of human red blood cells break down each day 34 unreliable medical source The spleen part of the reticulo endothelial system is the main organ that removes old and damaged RBCs from the circulation 2 In healthy individuals the breakdown and removal of RBCs from the circulation is matched by the production of new RBCs in the bone marrow 2 In conditions where the rate of RBC breakdown is increased the body initially compensates by producing more RBCs however breakdown of RBCs can exceed the rate that the body can make RBCs and so anemia can develop 34 Bilirubin a breakdown product of hemoglobin can accumulate in the blood causing jaundice 29 In general hemolytic anemia occurs as a modification of the RBC life cycle 35 unreliable medical source That is instead of being collected at the end of its useful life and disposed of normally the RBC disintegrates in a manner allowing free iron containing molecules to reach the blood 35 With their complete lack of mitochondria RBCs rely on pentose phosphate pathway PPP for the materials needed to reduce oxidative damage Any limitations of PPP can result in more susceptibility to oxidative damage and a short or abnormal lifecycle 36 unreliable medical source If the cell is unable to signal to the reticuloendothelial phagocytes by externalizing phosphatidylserine it is likely to lyse through uncontrolled means 37 38 39 The distinguishing feature of intravascular hemolysis is the release of RBC contents into the blood stream The metabolism and elimination of these products largely iron containing compounds capable of doing damage through Fenton reactions is an important part of the condition Several reference texts exist on the elimination pathways for example 40 41 42 Free hemoglobin can bind to haptoglobin and the complex is cleared from the circulation thus a decrease in haptoglobin can support a diagnosis of hemolytic anemia Alternatively hemoglobin may oxidize and release the heme group that is able to bind to either albumin or hemopexin The heme is ultimately converted to bilirubin and removed in stool and urine 40 Hemoglobin may be cleared directly by the kidneys resulting in fast clearance of free hemoglobin but causing the continued loss of hemosiderin loaded renal tubular cells for many days Additional effects of free hemoglobin seem to be due to specific reactions with NO 43 Diagnosis editThe diagnosis of hemolytic anemia can be suspected on the basis of a constellation of symptoms and is largely based on the presence of anemia an increased proportion of immature red cells reticulocytes and a decrease in the level of haptoglobin a protein that binds free hemoglobin Examination of a peripheral blood smear and some other laboratory studies can contribute to the diagnosis Symptoms of hemolytic anemia include those that can occur in all anemias as well as the specific consequences of hemolysis All anemias can cause fatigue shortness of breath decreased ability to exercise when severe Symptoms specifically related to hemolysis include jaundice and dark colored urine due to the presence of hemoglobin hemoglobinuria When restricted to the morning hemoglobinuria may suggest paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria Direct examination of blood under a microscope in a peripheral blood smear may demonstrate red blood cell fragments called schistocytes red blood cells that look like spheres spherocytes and or red blood cells missing small pieces bite cells An increased number of newly made red blood cells reticulocytes may also be a sign of bone marrow compensation for anemia Laboratory studies commonly used to investigate hemolytic anemia include blood tests for breakdown products of red blood cells bilirubin and lactate dehydrogenase a test for the free hemoglobin binding protein haptoglobin and the direct Coombs test also called direct antiglobulin test or DAT to evaluate complement factors and or antibodies binding to red blood cells 44 nbsp Algorithm for the main diagnoses in a positive DAT using C3 to represent complement factors and IgG as antibody type 44 Treatment editDefinitive therapy depends on the cause Symptomatic treatment can be given by blood transfusion if there is marked anemia A positive Coombs test is a relative contraindication to transfuse the patient In cold hemolytic anemia there is advantage in transfusing warmed blood In severe immune related hemolytic anemia steroid therapy is sometimes necessary In steroid resistant cases consideration can be given to rituximab or addition of an immunosuppressant azathioprine cyclophosphamide Association of methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin can control hemolysis in acute severe cases Sometimes splenectomy can be helpful where extravascular hemolysis or hereditary spherocytosis is predominant i e most of the red blood cells are being removed by the spleen 45 Mitapivat was approved for medical use in the United States in February 2022 46 Other animals editHemolytic anemia affects nonhuman species as well as humans It has been found in a number of animal species to result from specific triggers 47 Some notable cases include hemolytic anemia found in black rhinos kept in captivity with the disease in one instance affecting 20 of captive rhinos at a specific facility 48 49 50 The disease is also found in wild rhinos 51 Dogs and cats differ slightly from humans in some details of their RBC composition 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