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Blood
Blood is a bodily fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues. In many species, it also carries hormones and disease-fighting substances. In this category, you will find questions about the blood in your body, including blood types, blood diseases, and the function of blood.
9,936 Questions
Is haemoglobin found in platelets?
Haemoglobin is found the red blood cell (RBC), not in the platelet.
What could cause a change in the color of your period?
You say you have been told that you have a hormone 'imbalance'. Your hormones control your periods and so they are also likely to be 'Imbalanced'.
Brownish discolouration often happens when your periods are irregular, so don't worry. In fact most people have a wide range of 'normal colourations'. Any irregularities will settle down once you are regularly taking the 'pill'.
If you are still concerned, do something about it. Consult a GOOD Alternative Health Practitioner, who may be able to detect any more General Imbalances in your Whole Body and Mind, and help you to take better care of yourself. In addition, Fuyan pill is a herb formulation to cure irregular period issues.
What does a low level of seratin in blood mean?
I am totally confused as my haemagloblin is ok but this level of seratin is greek to me
Iam not sure but it is plasma
What is the purpose of hematocrit screening?
the heamatocrit is the percent of the blood that is red blood cells.
"normal" is about 45,
women are usually lower ... but that's because they don't eat well enough to compensate for their monthlys.
A low crit is anemia
a high crit means you start to worry about viscosity increase.
Is 52000 platelet count normal in dengue fever?
Is a platelet count of 134 with protein in urine normal
What happens when you use an expired blood collection tubes?
Based on integrity can someone validate this question with a good honest and correct answer?
lymphocites
What tests are commonly performed on blood plasma?
Fasting Blood Glucose Lipid Profile Fasting Blood Glucose Lipid Profile
When a blood clot breaks free and circulates through the blood stream it is referred to as?
When a thrombus(clot) breaks free and travels through the bloodstream it is called an embolus.
You get Septicemic Plague when this bacterium Yersinia Pestis enters an opening of the skin, a wound, from a piece of clothing used by an infected person. This disease can also appear when the bubonic or pneumonic plague is untreated.
Mast Cells
What conclusion will you make if you were told that someone's blood does not contain platelets?
The person has no ability to clot their blood. Bleeding from even a minor injury could be very serious. The person may have a genetic abnormality to the clotting factors in the blood.
The person would need protected from or to protect against even minor injuries.
Needle punctures from routine hospital procedures could bleed more and blood longer.
Special measures needed before and during surgeries; elective surgeries postponed.
No use of razors.
Take care around sharp knives.
Wear shoes at all times when up.
Avoid risky activities-- example, hunting and gutting a kill.
The actual contraction of the ventricles of the heart is stimulated by?
Sinoatrial (SA) Node or "Pacemaker"
Does INR of 1.0 mean blood is too thin when on warfarin?
"risk bleeding" is NOT TRUE and I must correct this because this is a serious question especially for those of us on warfarin or other blood thinning meds from pulmonary embolism in my case or other clot problems.
A 1.0 INR level is a RISK OF CLOTTING if on warfarin or other clot busters so see a doctor right away. Always remember low INR leads to clots, high INR leads to bleeding so it's reverse of platelet count where low is risk of bleeding etc..
Mine was a 1.0 on last visit and was way too low and dangerously low for someone on warfarin but I've also hemorrhaged with 9.4 INR. Bleeding can require use of fresh frozen plasma and or powerful injections of vitamin K only used in hospitals.
For me and this might be individualized so talk to your doctor what is the right level for you but post pulmonary embolism, I should not drop below 2.5 or above 3.5 since that is the normal range in my case. I've been just over a 5 which can be dangerous and sent home to stop using warfarin a few days and have bottomed out before which requires an increase in warfarin. Anything over 5.0 can lead to bleeding in many people and especially above 6.0 and 1.5 or lower can start leading to clotting so a 1.0 is dangerous if on blood thinners so go to the ER or call your doctor or better yet call 911. There are now home tests but most insurance companies don't want to pay for it but with the new health care system, it can save money from being tested every week in a doctors office or lab so it can save insurance companies money if they would think realistically and lives as well.
Just the facts here is all.
What is separation of clotting cells from the rest of the blood using a centrifuge?
if u read ur wasting ur time
What are normal hemoglobin levels or amounts of iron for adult females?
Normal levels of hemoglobin for adult females past menopause are 11.7 - 13.8 g/dl.
How do you increase hemoglobin for uric acid patient?
Uric acid is a chemical that needs to be removed from the body as it forms crystals at a certain concentration in the blood. this leads to inflammation and that involves hemoglobin.
Why does the rise in temperature decrease the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen?
The rise of temperature denatures the bond between oxygen and hemoglobin.
What test should conduct to measure the number eosophils in blood sample?
Eosinophils are a type of disease-fighting white blood cell. This condition most often indicates a parasitic infection, an allergic reaction or cancer.
You can have high levels of eosinophils in your blood (blood eosinophilia) or in tissues at the site of an infection or inflammation (tissue eosinophilia).
Blood eosinophilia may be detected with a complete blood count. A count of more than 500 eosinophils per microliter of blood is generally considered eosinophilia in adults.
