Can aplastic anemia be cured?

Anemia should be said to be a very common disease in life. This disease is divided into many different types, among which iron deficiency anemia is the most common. Although the incidence of aplastic anemia is relatively low, the harm it causes is relatively serious. Therefore, we should also know more about this disease. If possible, it is best to actively prevent it in normal times to avoid being harmed by the disease. If you have accidentally contracted the disease, you must actively treat it. Some patients may feel that it is difficult to cure aplastic anemia, so they give up on themselves. So, are their ideas correct? Can aplastic anemia be cured?

The incidence of aplastic anemia (AA) in China is 0.74/100,000 people, and the incidence of severe AA is 0.14/100,000 people. In addition, the incidence is on the rise. Among them, adolescents and children aged 10-25 are the main group of people suffering from severe AA. However, the public's correct understanding of severe aplastic anemia is seriously insufficient. Once some children become ill, their families become blindly desperate and even give up on treatment. At the 2014 National Forum on Standardized Treatment of Severe Aplastic Anemia in Children held recently, experts pointed out that although aplastic anemia is dangerous, it is actually a benign disease. Through timely and standardized treatment, severe aplastic anemia can be controlled and even cured.

Aplastic anemia is a hematopoietic failure disease caused by multiple causes, which ultimately leads to a decrease in the number of blood cells in the patient's body. Severe aplastic anemia has an acute onset, progresses rapidly, and is serious, with bleeding, infection, and fever often being the first symptoms. For example, if a patient experiences severe nose bleeding, blurred vision, headache, nausea, and vomiting, it is often a precursor to fatal intracranial hemorrhage. If medical treatment is not sought in time, it will often deprive the patient of his life. Patients with severe aplastic anemia may also suffer from very serious infections. Severe infection can aggravate bleeding, and bleeding is prone to secondary infection. At the same time, bleeding and infection aggravate anemia, forming a vicious cycle nightmare.

One of the pathogenesis of aplastic anemia is cellular immune dysfunction. Certain viral infections (such as hepatitis virus, parvovirus B19, etc.), the use of bone marrow toxic drugs, exposure to toxic chemicals, and long-term or excessive exposure to radiation are high-risk factors for aplastic anemia. Most cases of aplastic anemia are not related to genetics, but in a few patients, the onset of aplastic anemia is related to genetic factors, such as Fanconi anemia and congenital dyskeratosis. If children and young patients have short stature, café-au-lait spots and bone abnormalities, it often indicates that they may have congenital aplastic anemia, and parents should be vigilant.