Aplastic Anemia
What is Aplastic Anemia?
Aplastic Anemia is a disorder where the bone marrow does not produce sufficient blood cells.
Last updated 15 Jan 2016, 07:52 AM
15 Jan 2016, 07:52 AM
Hi.Anyone else in here having trouble getting diagnosis...first it was TTP,ITP,then PNH,then multiple myeloma,now it is Aplastic anemia.been on horse serum and cyclosporine...doesnt seem to be working.anyone out there have any advice?Thanks.
Last updated 2 Sep 2012, 08:31 PM
2 Sep 2012, 08:31 PM
Should have been 'NOT enough AA transplants to have reliable statistics.
2 Sep 2012, 08:29 PM
Chitown35 - just checking in to see how it is going with you. I did have the r-atg treatment in fall of 2010, then the h-atg in January of this year. The treatments worked tremendously well, but then failed, the second after only 4 months. So I am going for a stem cell transplant now at MD Anderson, where I have been being treated for the aplastic anemia and original diagnosis of T-LGL. As I understand it once the two atg treatments fail, a transplant is really the only long term option. Can't say that I am happy about the statistics - apparently the aplastic anemia is cured in only 50% of the cases and the short term mortality (first 30-60 days) is around 15-20% in leukemia patients. I am guessing there are enough AA tranplants to have reliable statistics. I do have an exact sibling donor so that's a good thing. No particular symptoms other than extreme fatigue and of course the hypocellularity in the bone marrow used to diagnose AA. White counts drop significantly and are supported by Neupogen, hemoglobing drops very slowly and my platelets are excellent.
13 Apr 2012, 04:37 PM
My aplastic anemia was caused by using cyclosporine for another condition t-cell Lgl. Last year I was tranfusion dependent through dcember. My platelets were between 7000-20000 and my hgb was between 7-8 for a couple months and I was transfusion dependen through December. I recived h-atg treatment in July and was weened off of cyclosporine. My counts are slowly starting to rise on their own. I still feel tired but last lab had my anc at 600 my hgb at 11.6 and platelets at 59000. I haven't had Neulast in a little over 2 mos.My doctor seemed happy with the results. I'm not sure if this mentioned to you as a treatment or not but hopefully the numbers keep increasing.
Last updated 19 Nov 2011, 02:11 AM
19 Nov 2011, 02:11 AM
I too have t-lgl and my treatment with cyclosporine caused me to get aplastic anemia. My Dr seems to think a bone marrow transplant will cure both of them. So far I have tried methotrexate,cyclosporine, h-ATG, and neupogen and neulasta. I have been getting transfusions fairly regularly the last couple months.
21 Sep 2010, 02:42 AM
Hello, all. I thought I would throw this out to see if we can get something started. I have been diagnosed with T-LGL Leukemia (see the rareshare forum on that disease), but at my last visit, my oncologist said that it could also be the very early stages of aplastic anemia. So with that in mind, I wanted to see what this forum might have. The treatments seem to be pretty similar, so I don't know that it makes much difference what I have. In fact, the oncologist said that it is quite possible that these two diseases and another (NPH) are all different expressions of a single underlying factor.
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