Antibodies in blood....?!
Question: Antibodies in blood!.!.!.!.!?
The doctor said that I have antibodies in my blood!.!.i have been told before that they are warm antibodies!.!.!.!.not sure if these ones are the same!.!.!.it used to be they only showed up when I was pregnant!.!.!.now they are still here 7 weeks after my last pregnancy!.!.!.so they are sending me to the hemotologist again!.!.!.in the past for some reason these antibodies destroy my red blood cells and make me anemic!.!.!.i have had iron by IV because I have Crohn's / Ulcerative Colitis and I can't take Iron cause it makes things worse and i end up getting an abscess!.!.!.has anyone ever heard of this before!.!.!? With my daughter they were worried that i might pass on hemolytic anemia to her during pregnancy!.!.!.does this mean that I have auto immune hemolytic anemia!? What type of questions exactly should i ask my doctor!? Has anyone been in my shoes before!? Does this mean i have some type of blood disorder!? i have never been actually diagnosed with anything!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
From the information you have provided, you probably have autoimmune hemolytic anemia (warm antibody type) which is a much rarer entity than iron deficiency anemia!. More importantly, you don't need iron supplements to treat it!.
Your G!.P!. has rightly directed you to a hematologist because this requires further evaluation by a specialist!. If the anemia is severe; cortico-steroids are the first choice of drugs to suppress the production of auto-antibodies!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Your G!.P!. has rightly directed you to a hematologist because this requires further evaluation by a specialist!. If the anemia is severe; cortico-steroids are the first choice of drugs to suppress the production of auto-antibodies!.Www@Answer-Health@Com