Non immune hemolytic anemia (patient information)

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Overview
Hemolytic anemia caused by chemicals and toxins is a lack of enough red blood cells due to the destruction of red blood cells triggered by exposure to certain chemicals or toxins.

What causes Non Hemolytic Anemia?
Possible substances that can cause hemolytic anemia include:
 * Anti-malaria drugs (quinine compounds)
 * Arsenic
 * Dapsone
 * Intravenous water infusion (not half-normal saline or normal saline)
 * Metals (chromium/chromates, platinum salts, nickel compounds, copper, lead, cis-platinum)
 * Nitrites
 * Nitrofurantoin
 * Phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
 * Rho immune globulin (WinRho)
 * Ribavirin
 * Snake bites (some snake venom contains hemolytic toxins)
 * Sulfonamides
 * Sulfones

Source
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000590.htm