Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Anemia - idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic
Symptoms
Dark urine Fatigue -
Pale color (pallor) Rapid heartbeat Shortness of breath - Yellow skin color (jaundice)
Signs and tests
An examination may reveal an enlarged spleen.
Tests include:
Direct Coombs' test -
Hemoglobin in the urine - Indirect Coombs' test
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Red blood cell count andserum hemoglobin Reticulocyte count - Serum
bilirubin levels Serum haptoglobin
Images
Antibodies
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Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia Treatment
Review Date: 01/31/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant
Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
