National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week – March 1-6, 2023

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.  To obtain further information please go NATIONAL APLASTIC ANEMIA & MDS AWARENESS WEEK - March 1-6, 2023 - National Today