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Explain why individuals with pernicious anemia have a low hemoglobin level?
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∙ 15y ago
Well, to make this simple, lets take apart the word. We know that pernicious is only an adjective (it means fatal or deadly), and anemia means blood ... well, the lack there of. In pernicious anemia specifically, the low B12 levels cause the red blood cells to be swollen, large, and twice the normal size. Therefore, it makes the exit from the bone marrow very hard for the blood cells, because they have to struggle to get out. So there is a second reason why PA is so problematic: because there are two reasons why the individual cannot have enough working red blood cells. Also, there is not enough B12 to make the normal amounts of blood, so this also impairs the hemoglobin level. Make sense?
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What anemia can be diagnosis by gastric analysis?
Pernicious Anemia
Explain the relation between vitamin b12 and pernicious anemia?
first of all its called vitamin b12 deficiency anemia. Pernicious anemia and vitamin B12 deficiency anemia are the same thing. Pernicious anemia is caused by a lack of vitamin B12. You're not able to absorb the vitamin B12 due to the absence of intrinsinc factor.
What is the prognosis for pernicious anemia?
Prognosis is generally good for patients with pernicious anemia
Does Pernicious anemia run in families?
Pernicious anemia seems to run in families
What is given to treat pernicious anemia?
witch vitamin is given to treat pernicious anemia?
What is it called when you lack iron?
An anemia caused by vitamin B12 is pernicious anemia while deficient in iron is iron defeciency anemia.
What vitamin is given to treat pernicious anemia?
witch vitamin is given to treat pernicious anemia?
Does pernicious anemia affect the elderly?
Most patients with pernicious anemia are older, usually over 60
What has the author John Frederick Wilkinson written?
John Frederick Wilkinson has written: 'Hog's stomach in the treatment of pernicious anaemia' -- subject(s): Treatment, Pernicious anemia 'The importance of familial achlorhydria in the aetiology of pernicious anaemia' -- subject(s): Etiology, Achlorhydria, Pernicious anemia 'Treatment of pernicious anaemia with hog's stomach' -- subject(s): Treatment, Pernicious anemia 'Diseases associated with pernicious anaemia' -- subject(s): Pernicious anemia 'Achrestisk anaemi' -- subject(s): Anemia 'L' Anemie achrestique' -- subject(s): Anemia 'The haemopoietic activity of the human liver' -- subject(s): Anemia, Liver, Aplastic anemia 'The value of hog's stomach in treatment' -- subject(s): Treatment, Pernicious anemia 'Achresthic anaemia' -- subject(s): Anemia
Which anemia can be diagnosed by gastric analysis?
Pernicious anemia
Does a person's sex affect Pernicious anemia?
Pernicious anemia occurs in equal numbers in both men and women
Is pernicious anemia linked to cancer?
An increased risk of stomach cancer has been noted in patients with pernicious anemia
