Serious Warning Signs Of Kidney Cancer

Anemia

Anemia is a condition where an individual does not have an adequate amount of functioning red blood cells in their body. Bone marrow produces red blood cells when a certain hormone is released that tells it to do so. The hormone responsible for commanding the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells is referred to as erythropoietin. The organs responsible for the production of erythropoietin are the kidneys. A healthy individual's kidneys know to make erythropoietin when the oxygen level in the blood they are filtering becomes too low. An individual who develops kidney cancer can experience symptoms of low oxygen in the blood, but their kidneys may be unable to function normally and do not produce any erythropoietin in response to the low oxygen concentration. In these conditions, the affected individual's bone marrow fails to produce enough red blood cells in the body. This malfunction causes an individual with kidney cancer to develop anemia.

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