What is Fanconi's anemia?

Fanconi anemia is an inherited type of aplastic anemia characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, congenital anomalies including short stature, café-au-lait spots, abnormality of thumbs, microcephaly and hypogonadism and increased incidence of developing certain cancers.

How do members experience Fanconi's anemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Fanconi's anemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Fanconi's anemia*

Who has Fanconi's anemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 3
40s 4
50s 1
60s 1
70+ 1

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 5