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   May 19, 2022 · This anemia happens when your red blood cells break down faster than normal. In hereditary spherocytosis, your red blood cells lose their characteristic disk-like shape, becoming round, or spherical cells (spherocytes), that can’t function like normal red blood cells. Contents Overview Symptoms and Causes Diagnosis and Tests Management and ...

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3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK539797Hereditary Spherocytosis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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   Jul 4, 2023 · Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most prevalent cause of hemolytic anemia due to an abnormal red cell membrane and classifies as a type of congenital hemolytic anemia. Oskar Minkowsky first described it in the early 1900s.[1] Erythrocytes are unable to maintain their normal biconcave shape due to genetic mutations in membrane/cytoskeletal proteins that play a role in structural morphologic ...

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   Jun 9, 2018 · Spherocytosis causes your red blood cells to break down faster than healthy cells do, which can lead to anemia. If spherocytosis causes anemia, you may appear paler than normal.

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   Feb 16, 2022 · Spherocytosis is a condition that causes a person’s red blood cells to be shaped like spheres (round balls) instead of their normal disk shape. It can cause symptoms of anemia (lack of healthy red blood cells) and an enlarged spleen (an organ that filters and stores blood). This condition is usually inherited.

6. www.webmd.com › what-is-hereditary-spherocytosisHereditary Spherocytosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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   Feb 14, 2024 · Because hereditary spherocytosis weakens and destroys RBCs, this disorder can cause anemia, ... Hereditary spherocytosis can appear at birth. The destruction of RBCs (hemolysis) in newborns can be ...

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   Aug 5, 2019 · Disease Overview. Summary. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is an inherited disease that affects the red blood cells. Characteristic symptoms of HS are the destruction of red blood cells in the spleen and their removal from the blood stream (hemolytic anemia), a yellow tone to the skin (jaundice), and an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly).

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   Can spherocytosis cause anemia?

   • Symptoms vary depending on the severity of the disease. Most individuals with HS have moderate disease. People with mild HS may be unaware they have the disease. Spherocytosis causes your red blood cells to break down faster than healthy cells do, which can lead to anemia. If spherocytosis causes anemia, you may appear paler than normal.

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   What are the symptoms of anemia from hereditary spherocytosis?

   • Other common symptoms of anemia from hereditary spherocytosis can include: When a blood cell breaks down, the pigment bilirubin is released. If your red blood cells break down too quickly, it leads to too much bilirubin in your bloodstream. An excess of bilirubin can cause jaundice. Jaundice causes the skin to turn yellowish or bronze.

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   How does hereditary spherocytosis affect red blood cells?

   • In hereditary spherocytosis, genetic mutations affect the red cell membrane proteins, breaking the connection between the cytoskeleton and the outer layer. The broken connection means the cytoskeleton can’t support the outer layer. As a result, red blood cells change from flexible disks to inflexible spherocytes.

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   Oct 25, 2023 · INTRODUCTION. Although relatively rare, hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most common cause of hemolytic anemia due to a red cell membrane defect. It is a result of heterogeneous alterations in one of five genes that encode red blood cell (RBC) membrane proteins involved in vertical associations that link the membrane cytoskeleton to the ...