Just like humans, dogs can suffer from autoimmune diseases. Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) is a little-known but common autoimmune disease that affects all breeds of dogs and can be fatal.

Hemolytic anemia occurs when red blood cells are destroyed faster than your bone marrow can make them. This can be caused by diseases, autoimmune disorders, or cancer. The treatment depends on the ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a group of rare but serious blood disorders. They occur when the body destroys ...

Contracting the tick-borne parasitic disease babesiosis puts people at risk for warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAHA) after the infection resolves, particularly if they are asplenic, a retrospective ...

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a rare red blood cell disorder and an immune disorder. It happens when the body produces antibodies that destroy the red blood cells. Hemolytic anemia develops when ...

Babesiosis, a tickborne zoonotic disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus babesia, is characterized by nonimmune hemolytic anemia that resolves with antimicrobial treatment and ...

Hemolytic anemia is a condition where the body destroys red blood cells in the body faster than it produces them. This leads to a low red blood cell count and symptoms such as weakness, shortness of ...

Cold antibody hemolytic anemia is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by the premature destruction of red blood cells by autoantibodies at temperatures of approximately 0 to 10 degrees Celsius. Q ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...