Anemia in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF)

Anemia is common among people with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), called Renal Anemia. Some people regard it as a kind of disease. However, it is a complication coming from CRF rather than an independent disease. But why would it happen?

The occurrence of Anemia mainly blames on CRF. Four reasons accounting for its happening.
One is the reduced production of erythrogenin (EPO) and poor hematopoietic function of bone marrow. Those two factors should be blamed to the damaged kidneys.

The second reason is poor appetite in patients with CRF. Poor appetite roots in nausea, vomiting or other symptoms resulting from the disease. With poor appetite, patients eat less food, which lead to less iron, protein and folic acid intake. Those things are exactly the main raw materials for blood, that’s why Anemia appears.

Thirdly, patients with CRF which means a great deal of toxins and metabolic wastes accumulating in human body, those toxins contribute to the repressive hematopoietic function of bone marrow.
Last but not the least, Chronic Renal Failure could give rise to coagulation disorder, and cause the subcutaneous, nose and digestive tract bleeding. To make things worse, frequent blood drawing for the tests or hemodialysis would aggravate the Anemia more or less.

After knowing the causes, then how to deal with it?

The most common cause of Anemia in patients with CRF other than EPO deficiency is iron deficiency. You can find the later one in red meat. One thing you need to remember is too much red meat poses extra burden to your already impaired kidneys, so you need to talk with the doctor before implementing the plan. Apart from this, taking iron supplements is also workable.