Question 1

people with cooleys anemia typically have what symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Beta thal major: Cooley's anemia is known as beta thalassemia major. Starting during the first year of life, they have profound and life-long transfusion-dependent anemia, large liver/spleen , and skeletal deformities due to bone marrow expansion; they are prone to infection and skeletal fractures and, unless appropriately treated, die during adolescence of iron overload syndromes.

Question 2

what are the symptoms of cooley's anemia?

Accepted Answer

Cooley's anemia: Beta thalassemia major/cooley's anemia can be presented with severe anemia that requires blood transfusion. Symptoms will include- extreme fatigue, pallor, failure to thrive, development problems ( short stature, amenorrhea- dysfunction in sexual development), chest pain, shortness of breath, ( they have problems with iron overload that leads to heart failure), abdominal pain, liver failure etc.

Question 3

what is anemia and what are the symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Symptoms may be same: Anemia means that the red blood cell count is low. The symptoms of anemia are usually fatigue, shortness of breath. These symptoms are not by any means related to anemia alone. They can be present in many medical situations.

Question 4

what are  main symptoms of anemia?

Accepted Answer

Fatigue: Fatigue, shortness of breath are the common main symptoms, but are by no means exclusive to anemia.

Question 5

is ice chewing a symptom of anemia?

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PICA: In medicine we call "pica" to the strong desire to eat or drink very unusual substances or foods. Children and adults with pica may eat:
animal feces, clay, dirt, hairballs, ice, paint, sand.This pattern of eating should last 1 mo.In pregnancy, in childhood, and in malnourished populations is more common.It is true that  iron or zinc deficiency could be present but could also be psycological.

Question 6

what are symptoms of someone with anemia?

Accepted Answer

Fatigue: And shortness of breath are common.

Question 7

how long before symptoms of anemia disappear?

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It depends upon....: The cause of the anemia and the means being used to correct it. For example, transfusion to correct an acute onset anemia can produce almost immediate improvement, while oral fe therapy to correct an fe deficiency state can lead to improvement over the course of days and resolution over a couple of weeks. Some with chronic anemias can accommodate to their low HGB and feel normal with no correction.

Question 8

is being cold all the time a symptom of anemia?

Accepted Answer

YES: But more important check your thyroid. Low throid (hypothyroidism ) is more likely and easily treatable.

Question 9

for what length of time do symptoms of anemia last?

Accepted Answer

Hard to say: We need to know the underlying cause of the anemia, the treatment plan, and then can consider likely pace of improvement.

Question 10

what symptoms happen if your anemia doesn't go away?

Accepted Answer

Depend on the cause: You would need to know what is the cause of anemia. If the anemia does not go away because it does not get the right teatment-it can become more severe and start giving you more symptoms related to the anemia- i.e. Fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain with activity, etc. Also, you would have other symptoms that related to the cause of the anemia. See your md or hematologist and find the cause.

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