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What is the meaning behind Dave Tipper's song Bilirubin Does he suffer from liver disease bile duct blockage or hemolytic anemia?
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When are Bilirubin levels highest?
Bilirubin levels are most often elevated in patients with liver disease or a blockage to bile flow
What conditions are present when hemolytic disease of the newborn occurs?
Hemolytic disease of the newborn is known as erythroblastosis fetalis
What is the etiology of hyperbilirubinemia?
Hyperbilirubinemia can be caused by an increase in the production of bilirubin, decreased conjugation of bilirubin in the liver, impaired uptake of bilirubin by liver cells, or decreased excretion of bilirubin into bile. Common causes include hemolysis, liver disease, and obstruction of bile flow.
What is hemolytic fetalis?
A hemolytic disease of the newborn that is characterized by an increase in circulating red blood cells and by jaundice and that occurs when the system of an Rh-negative mother produces antibodies to an antigen in the blood of an Rh-positive fetus which cross the placenta and destroy fetal red blood cells, called also hemolytic disease of the newborn.
What is Bilirubinuria?
Bilirubinuria is the presence of bilirubin in the urine, often a symptom of liver disease.
What disease is characterized by an inadequate number of red blood cells?
hemolytic anemia
What letters on a bolood tests represent bilirubin count?
The results of a bilirubin blood test will be in mg/dL. Even if the amount is out of the normal range, it does not necessarily mean that you have a disease.
Which is increases levels of bilirubin in the blood?
Bilirubin is a pigment that is made by the liver and is found in bile. Certain diseases can cause high levels of bilirubin, such as a gallbladder infection, gallstones, cirrhosis, hepatitis, and pancreatic cancer.
What are the two mechanisms that contribute to anemia in patients with sickle cell disease?
hemolytic anemia and bone marrow
What is hymolytic disease?
Hemolytic disease of the newborn is also known as erythroblastosis fetalis. It is a condition that develops in a fetus when the mother and fetus have incompatible blood types.
What is kernicterus?
Kernicterus-- A potentially lethal disease of newborns caused by excessive accumulation of the bile pigment bilirubin.
What is a single vessel disease?
Single vessel disease simply mean that only one of your arteries has blockage. The heart has 3 main arteries that surrounds it, the right coronary, left anterior descending, and the circumflex. If there is a blockage in one of these, and not the others, you have single vessel disease.
