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Is a megaloblastic anemia resulting in a decrease of hydrochloric acid?
_ is caused by protozoan plasmodium
Does drinking for over a year lead to anemia?
Alchohol can be associated with anemia. For example, alcoholic liver damage can be a cause of megaloblastic anaemia Alchohol can be associated with anemia. For example, alcoholic liver damage can be a cause of megaloblastic anaemia
A deficiency of vitamin b12 leads to which type of anemia?
Megaloblastic (Macrocytic) Anemia. Basically the Red Blood Cells have a larger volume (MCV).
What is megaloblastic?
Megaloblastic anemia is a blood disorder. It is marked by the appearance of very large red blood cells in addition to anemia, which involves the loss of red blood cells that transport oxygen through the body.
When does vitamin B12 anemia occur?
Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is another type of megaloblastic anemia that develops when the body doesn't absorb enough of this nutrient.
An anemia resulting from a decrease RBC number causes the blood to become?
less viscous.
What best describes the characteristics erythrocyte associated with pernicious anemia?
megaloblastic or macrocytic nucleatd cells.
Megaloblastic anemia results from a deficiency of?
Megaloblastic anemia results from a deficiency of vitamin B12 or folic acid, both of which play a crucial role in DNA synthesis and red blood cell production. This deficiency leads to the production of abnormally large and immature red blood cells, causing anemia.
Which type of anemia is related to radiation damage?
Radiation-induced anemia is typically due to damage to the bone marrow, resulting in a decrease in red blood cell production. This type of anemia is called aplastic anemia, where the bone marrow fails to produce enough blood cells.
What is the icd 9 code for anemia?
Macrocytic anemia is under 281.9 in the ICD-9. Macrocytic anemia does not have its own code. It shares that code with several other types of unspecified deficiency anemia, including dimorphic, megaloblastic NOS, nutritional NOS, and simple chronic.
What is the connection between hypercellularity in bone marrow and megaloblastic anemia?
Megaloblasitc anemia refers to the abnormal enlargement of RBCs rendering them useless and subject to hemolysis, therefore the bone marrow must up regulate its hematopoietic stem cell production and in particular the differentiation of reticularcytes to counter the anemia.
What condition is caused by lack of vitamin b12?
Deficiency leads to pernicious anaemia when immature red blood cell precursors are released into the bloodstream, and there is degeneration of the spinal cord.
