What You Should Know About Renal Anemia

Anemia refers to a low red blood cell count. As the amount of hemoglobin is less than 12 grams, the patients may be suffering from an Anemia. Anemia occurs as a common complication with Renal Failure. Many patients learnt of their Anemia as they feel weak and fatigued.
Treatment of Renal Anemia is totally different from simple anemia. But what exactly are the differences between those two anemias?

Renal Anemia usually doesn’t suitable for blood transfusion, unless hemoglobin is lower than 50g/L, if not taking blood transfusion, it would threaten patients’ lives. This is because the red blood cells begin to die and age continuously as soon as they are transfused to patients. Dead and senescent red blood cells produce a mass of nitrogenous wastes and accumulate in human body which aggravates a heavy burden in kidneys. Therefore, the best way to treat Renal Anemia is to remedy Renal Failure.

Anemia starts in the third stage of renal disease as glomerular filtration rate is less than 60cc/min. As renal disease progresses, anemia worsens accordingly.

Main signs or symptoms may appear such as fatigue, weakness, less enthusiasm, lack of concentration, swallow face, a fall in blood pressure. People who have symptoms usually attribute those to stress or sleeping problems. In severe cases of Anemia, dizziness occurs frequently. A more subtle or earlier change can be a wide difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurement.

Anemia can be detected by blood pressure test. Taking a blood test can help the doctor determine what exactly the cause of your Anemia and what kind of treatment may be suitable for your condition. Early detection and timely treatment may greatly improve patients’ life quality or even their life expectancy.