Aplastic anemia risk factors

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Aplastic anemia is a rare but serious blood disorder. Common risk factors in the develpment of aplastic anemia are radiation treatment, drugs and toxin exposure, chemotherapy, PNH, and viral hepatitis. Less common risk factors are pregnancy, benzene, pesticides, rheumatoid arthritis and SLE.

• Common risk factors in the development of aplastic anemia include:^[1]
  • High dose radiation treatment
  • Drugs and toxin exposure
  • Chemotherapy
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
  • Recent hepatitis

• Less common risk factors in the development of aplastic anemia include:^[1]
  • Pregnancy
  • Benzene
  • Pesticides
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • SLE