[Anemia in the elderly].
In the elderly, non-specific symptoms tend to come to the fore in addition to the symptoms resulted directly from anemia. Moreover, mild anemia could give the excessive effects to the heart and the lungs because of less function of organs. There is no great difference in the epidemiology of anemia in the elderly and the youth. However, the anemia associated with chronic illness, especially due to malignancy, is frequent in the elderly. The research for the original disease and its treatment should take priority in the anemia of chronic disorder.
Osajima
Yuko
Y
Department of Hematology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital.
Ohta
Masatsugu
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications