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Anemia
This category is for questions about the lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin called anemia: its symptoms, causes, and treatment.
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Role of heamodialysis in anemia of chronic renal failure?
chronic renal failure results in increased level of uric acid which inturn decrease life span of red blood cells causes anemia.Dialysis decrease uric acid level so increase life span of red blood cells
Why hepatomegaly occurs in thalassemia?
Hepatomegaly in thalassemia occures as aresult of engorgement of hepatic paranchymal and phagocytic cells with hemosiderin deposits.
Definition.---An insufficient amount of blood circulating in the capillaries.
Etiology.---This may be due to general or local causes. Thus cerebral anemia may attend the general anemia coming from a severe hemorrhage or from profuse diarrhea, or from pernicious anemia, leukemia, and various cachexias, or it may be due to the accumulation of a large quantity of blood in the peritoneal cavity following the removal of ascitic fluid. A more serious condition would be anemia due to aortic stenosis. Among local causes may be mentioned obliterative endarteritis, compression of the brain from tumors, or a partial destruction of the circle of Willis.
Pathology.---The puncta vasculosa are so lessened many times as to escape detection, while there may be an increase in the cerebro-spinal fluid. The gray matter assumes a characteristic pallor.
Symptoms.---These are due to profuse, exhausting, diarrheal discharges, and, especially where due to hemorrhage, the symptoms are characteristic; there is dizziness, faintness, pallor of face, ringing in the ears, confusion of ideas, and marked dyspnea, and frequently terminating in a "dead faint." Where the anemia is sudden and intense, the syncopal attack may terminate fatally.
Where the anemia is more chronic in character, there is pallor of face, the skin is cool, and the pulse is feeble and irritable. The patient is listless and stupid, though we may meet cases with general irritability. There is a dull headache, vertigo, buzzing in the ears, spots before the eyes, and weakness of the muscles.
The hydrocephaloid symptoms, occurring in young children, so named by Marshal Hall, are pallor, dullness, contracted pupils, and depressed fontanels.
Treatment.---This will depend upon the cause giving rise to it. Where the attack is acute and sudden, the patient should be placed in the recumbent position, with the head depressed. A diffuse stimulant, like ammonium carbonate, gives prompt results. In severe cases, where there has been excessive hemorrhage, a subcutaneous injection of normal saline solution should be used. In the more chronic form, and when secondary, the treatment suggested for general anemia will be followed with nourishing food and gentle exercise in the open air.
What is Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation?
Bone marrow with 21-30% blast cells. This form is most likely to change into acute leukemia
What is the anemia and its precautions?
Anemia is when someone has a low number of red blood cells. Precautions for someone with Anemia would be to keep up with doctor visits, blood work, recommended diet, and medications.
I have pernicious anemia can that make me cold all the time?
Yes. This is because the blood from Pernicious Anemia is much thinner, and so you can feel the cold much more.
Do you capitalize sickle cell anemia?
There are some people in the society who try to capitalize the chronic illnesses like the sickle cell anemia. But then they are the ones who take care of the children and not you.
Why is anemia common after gastric bypass?
Because your stomach isn't that large anymore and you have to eat a good balanced diet and eat smaller meals throughout the day. I am sure your surgeon also told you to take vitamin supplements and if not, see your pharmacist about this. It's important to follow what your doctor tells you. When you don't have the right foods in you or you don't have enough vitamins you can get infections, anemia because you aren't getting the nutrients you need and if you don't follow what the doctor says you will not only gradually gain weight back on, but have many other health problems.
Well, you can´t be white if you have interracial marriages in your ancestors, so the questions is quite illogical. But anyways a blood transfusion doesn´t have anything to do with what your children will inherit from your genes... for example, if you are a AB+ and receives a O- blood transfusion, it´ll have nothing to do with your future children, it´s impossible to a AB+ to conceive a O- child, and vice-versa.
Anemia refers to a reduction in circulating hemoglobin, due to a reduction in haemoglobin production or a red blood cell mass. You are anemic if you are a man with less than 13.5 grams per deciliter of haemoglobin or a woman with less than 11.5 grams per deciliter. Hemoglobin is vital in oxygen transport for respiration and gaining energy, which explains many of the symptoms like dyspnea, lethargy, pallor, fatigue, low exercise tolerance, palpitations, cardiac problems, angina, claudication etc. It has many possible causes, as iron deficiency (most common), Vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, lack of intrinsic factor, increased hemolysis, hereditary hemochromatosis, etc.
Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a main part of red blood cells and binds oxygen. If you have too few or abnormal red blood cells, or your hemoglobin is abnormal or low, the cells in your body will not get enough oxygen. Symptoms of anemia -- like fatigue -- occur because organs aren't getting what they need to function properly.
What different medical options are there to treat anemia?
There are many different medical options that are out there to treat anemia. You can call a doctor if you think you need this treatment and I am sure that they can help you.
Hematuria, the medical term for blood in the urine, could indicate a number of problems. The most common cause of blood in the urine is from damage in the urinary tract. Physical damage in the urinary tract is likely from a kidney stone that has not been passed through the ureters. Kidney stones are normally harmless unless they grow to abnormally large sizes, blocking the flow of urine. The problem with kidney stones comes when they are passed through the ureters and into the bladder. A stone can barely fit through the ureters and is therefore very painful to void. Otherwise, a stone won't cause any long term problems...
Other possible reasons for blood in the urine are urinary tract infections, kidney infections, tumors in the urinary tract, or kidney disease. Blood in the urine is the first sign that appears in all of these cases. Protein is often present in these diseases, as well. Unlike kidney stones, infection and diseases are more serious and will likely result in death if left untreated. Since urinary tract infection and kidney problems are harder to treat than many other conditions, early detection is vital...
What type of mutation causes sickle cell anemia?
Sickle-cell disease (SCD), or sickle-cell anaemia or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal co-dominant genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape.
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What is the primary symptom of sickle cell anemia?
Painful crises, also known as vasoocclusive crises, are a primary symptom of sickle cell anemia in children and adults. The pain may be caused by small blood vessel blockages that prevent oxygen from reaching tissues.
What are the most facts about sickle cell anemia?
Miles Davis, Paul Williams, Tionne, and Georgeanna Tillman are famous celebrities that have or had sickle cell disease.
What is iron deficiency anemia and how frequently does it occur?
Iron deficiency anemia means that you have low red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen and give you energy among other things. You know you have it when you get your hemoglobin checked (they prick your finger). It depends on the person, normally I think you have to take iron to fix it but as soon as you stop it will lower again. Unless it was just from a poor diet those past few days..
