What is aplastic anemia?

Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. Aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, termed pancytopenia.

How do members experience aplastic anemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with aplastic anemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for aplastic anemia*

*Data from patients with aplastic anemia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with aplastic anemia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Neoral)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
aplastic anemia (1)

*Data from patients with aplastic anemia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has aplastic anemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 6
30s 17
40s 16
50s 11
60s 14
70+ 14

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 33
Female 47