Causes of MDS
In a healthy individual, the bone gradually produces new, immature blood cells that with time mature. When this process is disrupted therefore making it impossible for blood cells to mature that is when myelodysplastic syndromes occur.
When myelodysplastic syndromes occur, the blood cells are not able to develop normally and instead die in the bone marrow or just after entering the bloodstream. Over time, there are more immature, defective cells than healthy ones, leading to other health conditions such as fatigue caused by too few healthy healthy red blood cells (anemia) [3], infections as a result of little amount of white blood cells in the body (leukopenia) [4], and bleeding caused by too few blood-clotting platelets (thrombocytopenia) [5].
It may be difficult to trace the known cause of myelodysplastic syndromes. They could be caused by exposure to cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiation, or exposure to toxic chemicals, such as benzene.