What happens to Haptoglobin level in hemolytic anemia?
Haptoglobin binds to free hemoglobin and it gets cleared from the plasma. So the level of haptoglobin falls rapidly in situations where hemoglobin is constantly being released into circulation.
Haptoglobin levels increase
Haptoglobin levels decrease
Remains the same
May increase or decrease depending on chronicity of the disease