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including chronic and recent acute blood loss, some cancers, kidney and liver diseases, malnutrition, vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiencies, iron deficiency, pregnancy, systemic lupus erythematosus
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Does malaria cause hematocrit and platelets to drop?
yes malaria causes increase of ESR and decrease of hematocrit.
Long term athletic training will cause a person to increase hematocrit?
No, their hematocrit will decrease. Though they may gain RBC, their plasma volume will have a greater increase in volume, thus decreasing the hematocrit concentration.
What machine test hematocrit?
hematocrit machine ......
The primary reason elderly people should decrease their caloric intake is that?
their muscles begin to atrophy and require less energy
Which is a better indicator for anemia hemoglobin or hematocrit?
hematocrit
What effect does it has on the hematocrit if the kidneys respond to a decrease in oxygen?
a decrease in oxygen will result with an increase of red blood cell production (more carriers for hemoglobin to compensate for the lower levels of oxygen). The kidneys produce erythropoietin that stimulate RBC production.
Will blood viscosity increase or decrease due to a low hematocrit?
At very low Hematocrits viscosity increases because of increased stickiness between the Red Blood Cells.
How does dehydration effect hematocrit?
Hematocrit is the concentration of cells in the blood, measured by the relationship between the cells in the blood (red and white) and the liquid part of the blood called plasma. Normally the less amount of liquid in the body the fewer amounts there will be in the blood itself, therefore the cell/plasma ratio will decrease making the blood more concentrated. That's why the bigger the dehydration, the higher the hematocrit.
Is there a connection between hematocrit and peripheral edema?
usually peripheral edema is cause by right sided heart failure . people with COPD have polycythemia , means high level of RBCs , means high level of hemoglobin . when hemoglobin is high , hematocrit is high also . People who have a high hematocrit count may be at higher risk for heart problems
How does a bacterial infection effect a hematocrit?
It doesn't effect the hematocrit at all
What do elderly people care about?
Elderly people care about being comfortable in their own environment
What are some problems that elderly people might have as a result of decreasing hormone production?
They have a decrease in Vitamin D which inhibits the absorption of calcium in their bones which in turn leads to bone loss or osteoporosis.
