What Is Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia? And What Can It Do To Your Dog?

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my goal in life is to become a vet tech and work with animals, especialy dogs and in that catagory.
this is one of the illnesses im researching, i’m not in school for it yet, i’m 15
but that gives me no right Not to be curious. Its probably not a simple explanation of the illness but all the info i can get would be strongly appreciated
thank you.

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia or Immune mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA) is a condition that occurs when the body starts to kill off its own blood cells. Autoimmune or immune mediated means that the immune system (part of the body that fights off infection) attacks itself. Hemolytic means breaking of red blood cells, anemia means too few red blood cells. It can be caused by many things (primary immune disorder, parasites in the blood, exposure to toxins, etc). It is treated with medications to increase the red blood cells and to decrease the immune response (often steroids or cyclosporine). It is a great question! You may want to go to http://www.veterinarypartner.com there is a lot of information on lots of diseases that is put together by veterinarians.
Melanie

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