Pernicious Anemia

The Pernicious Anemia Society highlights three key points when it comes to pernicious anemia symptoms:

• Symptoms typically develop over several years as opposed to appearing suddenly. As a result of this gradual development of symptoms, many people brush their symptoms off or attribute them to other factors such as stress or aging and delay getting to a doctor for treatment.
• Symptoms vary greatly from patient to patient.
• Many of the symptoms are typical of other diseases, including several autoimmune diseases. This creates difficulty for physicians trying to diagnose a patient’s symptoms.

According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, symptoms of pernicious anemia in adults typically do not begin to show until after age 30. The Pernicious Anemia Society notes that while there are several known symptoms of pernicious anemia, the disease affects each patient individually. Symptoms may be present that are not included in their list of possible symptoms.

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