Hemolytic anemia caused by chemicals and toxins

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Hemolytic anemia or destruction of red blood cells can be caused by factors other than disease.

Possible chemical or physical causes may include:

• Anti-malaria drugs (quinolone compounds)
• Sulfones
• Sulfonamides (sulfasalazine)
• Nitrofurantoin
• Phenazopyridine
• Pyridium
• Intravenous water (not half-normal saline or normal saline)
• Arsenic
• Metals (chromium/chromates, platinum salts, nickel compounds, copper, lead, cis-platinum)
• Snake bite (some snake venom contains hemolytic toxins )

Anemia - hemolytic - caused by chemicals or toxins

Review Date: 02/06/2007
Reviewed By: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.