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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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A patient has iron deficiency anaemia.what foods will best help provide dietary iron?

lentils, dark green vegetable , liver , cod liver oil , and red meat would be beneficial for a person suffering from anaemia but you should note that red meat can contribute to other health problems due to its high fat content!

Can sickle cell anemia affect growth?

Children with sickle cell anemia may have delayed growth and reach puberty at a later age than normal

Does alcohol cause anemia?

Alcohol can cause anemia by a variety of mechanisms:

Folate deficiency: alcohol blocks the action of this vitamin which is used in the creation of new red blood cells and white blood cells.

GI blood loss: chronic alcoholism causes cirrhosis which slows traffic through the portal vein, backing up blood in the GI tract, leading to varices in the esophagus, hemorrhoids, and intestinal angioectasias all of which can bleed and cause anemia.

Splenic Sequestation: when the traffic through the portal vein slows, blood shunts through the spleen which absorbs a lot of it (and breaks it down)

Anemia of chronic disease: alcoholics have a tendency to get sick and stay sick and those prolonged illnesses can cause anemia. The effects of hereditary hemochromatosis can be accelerated by alcohol.

Would a karyotype reveal the presence of sickle-cell disease?

every state in America know preforms a small blood test to detect sickle cell it wont cost you much,

one test is preformed to see if you have sickle cell if the hospital thinks you do they will call you in for another test to confirm dignoses.

but don't freak out sickle cell is a rare but serious disease.

hope this helped ^_^

Does larenz tate have sickle cell?

.No he does not. He runs a foundation with his brothers catering to people living with the disease, primarily children.

Can a disease cure a disease For example Can Cancer be cured by Sickle Cell Anemia?

well no cancer can not be cured by sickle celled anemia because sickle cell is the abnormalty of the shape of the cell.

What is the antihypertensive drug causes hemolytic anemia?

among many drugs causing hemolytic anemia one is Alpha methyl dopa a centrally acting antihypertensive used most in pregnant womens to control blood pressure.

What is Sickle Cell Disease caused by?

Abnormal hemoglobin in your blood cells.

Hemoglobin is a protein in the blood cells that allows the cells to carry oxygen and gives them their red color. The abnormal hemoglobin causes the cells to turn from their usual donut shape to a C or sickle shape.

Why would natural selection act against people with sickle cell anaemia in Europe?

because people in europe have not gotten used to sickle cell anemia because it is soo rare in europe

Is anemia in crohn's disease caused by blood dyscrasias?

Blood dyscrasia is a pathological condition of the blood, usually involving disorders of the cellular elements of the blood.

Anemia is most often caused by poor function of the ileum and malabsorption of vitamin B12.

How can a child have sickle cell disease when their parents do not?

Sickle Cell Anemia is an autosomal recessive trait. This means that in order for the trait to be shown, both parents of an individual must carry at least one sickle cell gene. A child with this disorder can be born to parents who do not have the disorder because the parents must have at least one gene, but do not have two and therefore do not show the trait. Since it is recessive, in order to show the trait, you must have two of the genes.

Is anemia in dogs painful?

Not unless the anemia is so severe that the animal is suffering from hypoxia.

Can you have both iron-deficiency anemia and vitamin B12 anemia?

i guess so but then it would be called deficiency anemia because you are lacking nutrition

How does anemia spread?

Anemia isn't a contagious disease but it is a disease you can inherit from your family members.

What anemia is most common in women?

iron deficiency anemia is most common in women occur because of menstrual blood loss

Is hepatitis worse than anemia?

Not all types of Hepathisis can be cured but Anemia is curable so Hepathisis is worse.

What is the difference between amnesia and anemia?

While similar looking words they are quite different. Amnesia in its most basic form memory loss brought on by Brain Damage, Disease, or Psychological Trauma. Anemia is blood disorder that prevents efficient transfer of oxygen throughout the body.

Being a carrier of sickle cell anemia means?

sickle cell anemia is caused by a recessive allele. so for it to affect someone, it means that the person must have received both recessive alleles from their parents. Being a carrier means that you have the recessive allele from one of your parents, but you have a normal dominant allele from the other parent, that means you are not affected by it but you are carrying it.