What are the dangers of low red blood cells

Many blood diseases, such as anemia (now many people think that anemia is a symptom, but in fact anemia is a very serious blood disease), are caused by a low red blood cell count. Many people do not know what harm low red blood cell count can cause to our body. Today we will introduce it to you. We also hope that everyone can make timely adjustments when they find that their red blood cell count is low.

Red blood cells are a type of cell that transports nutrients and oxygen in the blood. The hemoglobin in red blood cells has the function of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide, which allows the human body to breathe oxygen and maintain a normal body shape. Normal quantity and quality of red blood cells are very important for health. If the number of red blood cells decreases or increases due to disease, it is not good. So what are the consequences of a low red blood cell count?

First of all, most of the causes of low red blood cell counts are diseases. If the diseases are not treated in time, it will affect the normal life and work of the human body. Low counts are mostly due to anemia, but there are many different types of anemia, and if it is a more serious condition, you need to seek treatment right away. Thalassemia and iron-deficiency anemia are both easily treatable diseases, but diseases like leukemia are more troublesome.

If not addressed promptly, a chronically low red blood cell count can lead to impaired oxygen transport. The number of red blood cells in the human body decreases, and if there are not enough red blood cells to transport oxygen in the respiratory tract, the human body will have symptoms of hypoxia. The most common symptoms are dizziness, black spots, and even fainting. If the human body is in a state of hypoxia, the burden on the heart will increase and various human functions will decrease.

Causes of erythropenia

1. Heavy bleeding

If a patient suffers from severe bleeding due to an accident or trauma, severe bleeding during surgery, or a woman suffers from postpartum hemorrhage due to childbirth, they may experience a decrease in red blood cells.

2. Anemia causes red blood cells to be destroyed

Anemias such as thalassemia, abnormal hemoglobin disease, hemolytic anemia, immune hemolytic anemia, and mechanical hemolytic anemia may occur because of excessive destruction of red blood cells, resulting in a decrease in red blood cells.

What is erythropenia? What are the causes and hazards of low red blood cells?

3. Other diseases cause a decrease in red blood cell regeneration

Leukemia, myelofibrosis, aplastic anemia, myeloma, and other diseases can cause abnormal production of red blood cells. Over time, the red blood cell count will be low.

To sum up the above, the decrease in red blood cells is mainly caused by three aspects: anemia, too much red blood cell destruction, and too little red blood cell regeneration. The low red blood cell count caused by general heavy bleeding and anemia can be recovered quickly through reasonable conditioning and treatment, while the decrease in red blood cells caused by diseases such as leukemia and myelofibrosis requires treatment of the disease from the root.