The main symptoms of hemolysis are anemia, jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly.
1. Anemia: Hemolysis is an increase in the number of red blood cells destroyed and a shortening of their life span due to a defect in the body’s red blood cells themselves or the presence of abnormal antibodies in the body. The destruction of red blood cells leads to a decrease in red blood cell count and a decrease in hemoglobin in the peripheral blood, i.e. anemia. The symptoms of anemia include dizziness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath after activity.
2. Jaundice: after the destruction of red blood cells, the metabolites of hemoglobin form bilirubin, and the level of bilirubin in the body rises, mainly indirect bilirubin, which is clinically manifested as yellow staining of the skin and sclera, thus forming jaundice.
3. Liver and spleen enlargement: when the symptoms of hemolysis are mild, there is no obvious enlargement, if no timely treatment measures are taken, leading to further aggravation of the disease, and when the symptoms are more serious, there will be edema and accompanied by obvious enlargement of the liver and spleen.
Hemolysis leads to more complications, when patients have hemolytic symptoms, they should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the treatment.