How long can aplastic anemia live?

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He has been suffering from aplastic anemia for more than 4 years. He has been hospitalized, received blood transfusion and Chinese medicine, but he has not improved. If he is not treated since then (he has lost confidence in the cure and does not have enough funds), how long can the patient survive? I hope you can help me answer this question.

How long can aplastic anemia live?

The prognosis of aplastic anemia varies with the degree of bone marrow failure, the age of the patient, whether the treatment is timely and the treatment methods used. Acute aplastic anemia is characterized by rapid onset, rapid development, severe lack of hematopoietic cells in bone marrow and severe infection or hemorrhage, especially intracranial hemorrhage. Unless bone marrow transplantation is successful, the general curative effect is poor, and the mortality is high, accounting for 91.6%. Most of them died within one year after the onset of the disease. In severe cases, they may die within a few months or even weeks.

Chronic aplastic anemia accounted for 24.6%. Chronic aplastic anemia, due to the use of appropriate treatment, the patient's bone marrow hyperplasia is too low and the reduction of whole blood cells is relatively light, the condition is stable, no longer develop and no longer progress, such patients can survive for many years, or even more than 20 years.

The prognosis of children is better than that of adults. Early treatment is better than late treatment. Supportive therapy can improve the patient's constitution, prevent bleeding and infection, and is of great significance in prolonging life until the bone marrow function gradually recovers. The main causes of death are severe infection and intracranial hemorrhage. With proper treatment, a few patients can recover completely; There are still some patients after a few months or a few years, blood and bone marrow have more obvious progress, but can not completely return to normal.

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The treatment of aplastic anemia includes etiological treatment, supportive therapy and various measures to promote the recovery of bone marrow hematopoietic function. Chronic type is mainly androgen, supplemented by other comprehensive treatment, after long-term unremitting efforts, to achieve satisfactory results, many cases of hemoglobin returned to normal, but platelet long-term low level, clinical no bleeding performance, can resume light work. Once the diagnosis is established, bone marrow transplantation or anti lymphocyte globulin should be used as early as possible.