Those who suffer from anemia either lack red blood cells in their bodies or have red blood cells that are not as productive as they should be. A person suffering from anemia experiences weakness, tiredness, and even breathing difficulties. Anemia comes in many different forms. This article focuses on the rare forms of anemia:

Sideroblastic anemia
When a person suffers from sideroblastic anemia, their body is unable to make use of iron in order to produce hemoglobin, which is the protein that is used for taking the oxygen to the blood.

There are two different types of sideroblastic anemia — hereditary sideroblastic anemia and acquired sideroblastic anemia. Hereditary sideroblastic anemia involves the disruption of the production of normal hemoglobin. This is caused due to a gene mutation. This gene is responsible for something called “heme,” which is part of the hemoglobin that carries oxygen. When it comes to acquired sideroblastic anemia, this type of anemia is caused because of the person suffering from it has been exposed to a specific kind of drugs or chemicals.

Aplastic anemia
A person suffering from aplastic anemia will have the stem cells (which make the blood cells) in their body damaged. Because of the damaged stem cells, the body is unable to produce the required red blood cells.

It is not necessary for a person to develop aplastic anemia, they can also be born with it, which means it has been caused by their genes which they have inherited by their parents. The latter is known to be the more common case, and it does not mean that it is permanent; a lot of cases of aplastic anemia are known to be temporary.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
A person suffers from autoimmune hemolytic anemia when their own body starts to attack and destroy red blood cells at a much faster rate than the body can regenerate those cells.

People who suffer from autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, are more likely to suffer from autoimmune hemolytic anemia. There are certain medications such as penicillin, methyldopa, and quinine that can cause this type of anemia. People suffering from this type of anemia can experience symptoms such as quicker heartbeats, breathing problems, pale skin, fatigue, back pain, and chills.

Megaloblastic anemia
People suffering from megaloblastic anemia, which is considered to be one of the rare forms of anemia, have their bone marrows producing differently structured red blood cells.

These red blood cells are known to be too young as well as large in size. This is not good for your body, as these red blood cells are not that mature that they can take the oxygen throughout the body. The people that suffer from this type of anemia might have symptoms like pain in the muscles, dizziness, and irregular heartbeats for a long period of time.