Aplastic Anemia Tapestries
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Description: National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week is celebrated in March every year in the United States. The holiday helps raise awareness for Aplastic anemia, a potentially fatal disease. People develop aplastic anemia when the bone marrow ceases to produce formal blood elements. It is a disease that leads to about 2,000 American deaths each year. Aplastic anemia is also a complication of certain anticancer drugs, such as anti-inflammatory or anticonvulsant drugs. Furthermore, chemicals like benzene or arsenic and radiation can cause it. In fact, half of the aplastic anemia cases result from unknown causes.
