ICD-11 classes
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
3A51 — Sickle cell disorders or other haemoglobinopathies
3A51.8 — Low affinity haemoglobin

ICD-11 3A51.8 — Low affinity haemoglobin

A disease caused by determinants arising after birth, in the antenatal period or by genetically inherited factors leading to low oxygen affinity haemoglobin. This disease is characterised by abnormalities the globin chains that alter the affinity of the haemoglobin molecule for oxygen, affecting the normal loading of oxygen in the lungs and delivery of oxygen to the tissues. This disease may present with fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, diarrhoea, nausea, fast heartbeat or numbness in extremities.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.