To avoid the common
causes of hemolysis, blood should be collected and handled as atraumatically as possible.
An auto - immune disease (autoimmune hemolytic anemia) is a common
cause of hemolysis in older adult pets, particularly dogs.
Not exact matches
In rare cases the bite also can
cause a severe illness called systemic loxoscelism, characterized by a blood clotting disorder and
hemolysis, destruction
of red blood cells.
Zinc can
cause severe and life - threatening intravascular
hemolysis, which can be complicated by the development
of potentially severe pancreatitis.
Hemolysis is an acceleration in the breakdown
of red blood cells,
causing a surplus
of depleted cells and iron that can lead to enlarged lymph nodes, spleen or liver.
Myoglobin as well as hemoglobin
cause the same portion
of the urine dipstick to become positive (ie myoglobinema and intravascular
hemolysis).
Sometimes the incompatibility
of blood type DEA 1.1 can be fatal or at least
causes severe
hemolysis of transfused blood cells.
There have been reports
of famotidine
causing intravascular
hemolysis when given intravenously to cats.