What type of disorder is sickle cell disease?
It is when your body does not produce alot of blood and you become very skinny and sick. It can be passed on to babies by mothers and mostly occurs in African countries and some parts of Asia, too.
== == No, anemia is just the term for low iron in your blood. While it's not a healthy condition, it doesn't cause cancer. Diet can help anemia, eating foods high in iron like meat, or if your vegetarian, certain beans and other non-meat foods.
What does it mean if someone is bleeding from the anus?
It might the body is overheated - in this case the bleeding should stop in a few minutes.
Otherwise it could mean Piles, anal fistula etc.
If it doesn't stop in a few hours you ought to go to the doctor.
Mostly, no. People don't die often from being anemic. However, if you are seriously lacking your vitamins, then yes, possibly. As long as you're taking medication for it I think you'll be okay. I'm a vegetarian, have been for six years now, I'm anemic and they said my case is really bad, but I'm still alive due to medicine.
Anemia is a concern because your body is meant to produce lots of red blood cells that help your body carry the Oxygen to every part and every organ of your body. Anemia is when your body doesn't produce enough of these red blood cells, or the body gets rid of them too quickly. If you don't have enough of these red blood cells in your body then there isn't enough Oxygen being carried around your body, and you need Oxygen to breath.
Can you be hospitalized for anemia?
yes. anemia is when you have too few red blood cells. red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body, so when your body doesnt have enough oxygen you can die. There different levels of it, some more serious than others.
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.
Do primates have sickle cell anemia?
That is very interesting question, indeed. Your concern for the primates needs appreciation. The answer to this question is probably positive. Sickle cell anaemia is a natural selection in malaria endemic zone. The sickle cell trait patient is genetically resistant to malarial fever. So many primates suffer from malarial fever. From this finding you can say that sickle cell anaemia should be present in primates, who live in tropical countries.
What is sickle cell anemia hemophilia and leukemia?
They are both genetic blood disorders, which are inherited from the parents.
Sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation in the gene responsible for hemoglobin. If a person has inherited the mutation, their bone marrow will produce sticky, sickle-shaped red blood cells, which cause a wide array of issues.
Hemophilia is another blood disorder that is inherited from the parents, but in a different and more complicated way. Hemophiliacs (people suffering from hemophilia) have a problem with blood clotting. They will always bruise easily, and when they bleed, the blood might not clot unless certain actions are taken.
Both diseases affect the blood, and are life long. There are currently no effective cures for them.
A deficiency in which nutritional substances obtained from the diet can cause an anemia?
The dietary insufficiency that causes anemia is a lack of iron. To correct this a person needs to take iron supplements or eat more foods that are high in iron like bran, grains, seeds, tomatoes and liver.
What is the medical condition anemia?
There are quite a few different types of Anemia, but basically Anemia is a disease that occurs when your body can't produce enough red blood cells. The red blood cells in your body are made to carry Oxygen around your body and to your majoy organs and brain. If your body isn't producing enough red blood cells then you are being starved of Oxygen in parts of your body, it has many causes depending on the type of Anemia and can cause tiredness and other things.
How do you treat patients that suffer from anemia be treated?
My brother had iron-deficiency anemia as a kid and he had to take pills to help raise his iron-levels. There are also iron-filled foods that can raise the level naturally, including beans and spinach. (It wasn't Popeye's source of strength for no reason.)
Why would a diet deficient in iron lead to anemia?
Anaemia is a condition where your body is very low in iron. This can certainly result from not enough iron in your diet. I would recommend foods rich in iron such as spinach, fish, green vegetables, or even iron pills that contain vitamin C. Vitamin C helps absorb iron into the blood stream. And the answer to your question is yes
Take iron supplements, or even better eat more foods which contain iron such as spicach, broccoli, lentils, and wheatgerm.
A couple of tablespoons of blackstrap molasses can do wonders for people who are anemic.
Why does the spleen enlarge in sickle cell?
Because the spleen is responsible for destruction of abnormal red blood cells; therefore since sickle cell causes abnormalities in red blood cells, the spleen works extra hard for extended periods of time to remove them.
The severity of anaemia can vary greatly from person to person. In its mildest form, the person will hardly notice that they are anaemic, they may just feel slightly more tired than usual. In its most severe form, if left untreated it can lead to death although this is very rare.
Usually people suffering from anaemia will be somewhere in the middle and experience symptoms such as tiredness and weakness, dizziness, headaches and shortness of breath. However, with a good diet and treatment (which will depend on the type of anaemia) these symptoms can usually be controlled.
What is Anisocytosis Normocytic Normochromic?
Anisocytosis normocytic normochromic means there is a variation in the size of red blood cells in a person. This can be caused by a folate or iron deficiency.
What are signs of severe anemia?
Severe Anemia is the lack of IRON in your blood. The varying degrees are basically Anemia to Severe Anemia on a scale. Most important severe anemia is dangerous! YOU MUST eat more red meats and iron rich food during this time; you should be on an iron supplement such as pregnancy vitamins with iron even if you are not pregnant. Go to your Dr. If your anemia is severe as you MUST find the source of internal bleeding causing this if it is not related to dietary problems.
Does sickle cell only affect black people?
Sickle cell appears in several geographical regions in the world and is attached to different genes in those areas. It appears where malaria is endemic. The African form is the most common. Different forms developed in Southern Greece, Southern Afghanistan, and a few other places. The African form affects Black people.
Can anemia make you loose weight?
Anemia will not cause weight loss. Anemia is inadequate red blood cells in your blood.
What are the odds of getting sickle-cell anemia?
Sickele-Cell Anemia ia one one of the most common genetic blood disorders.
Do vegans have lower rates of anemia?
Depends if the vegan eats a lot of nuts or takes a daily vitamin with iron in it. overall meat eaters probably consume more iron If the vegan doesn't take vitamins. There are plenty of natural foods with iron in them that can help vegans get plenty of iron.
Vitamin C, which is abundant in a vegan diet, helps with the absorption of iron.
Why could you have low hemoglobin levels?
Low hemoglobin is cause from a slow bleed somewhere . Or it could even be a bleed that is heavier .Alot of blod disorders could cause it .I would say slow bleed .
I'd like to confirm that low hgb is caused by anemia or hemorrhage (bleeding).You can get anemia if you lack iron or if you have one or more of the various diseases that cause your body to not make new red blood cells (e.g. aplastic anemia), destroy red blood cells (e.g. sickle cell anemia), or bleed a lot (e.g. hemophilia).
Hemorrhaging (bleeding) due to external or internal injury can cause you to become anemic from loss of red blood cells.
What is the definitive test for pernicious anemia?
The Schilling test is a definitive test for pernicious anemia.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/schilling-test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schilling_test
http://books.google.com/books?id=vCzlLiOlVeUC&pg=PA688&lpg=PA688&dq=definitive+test+for+pernicious+anemia&source=bl&ots=KLY8MXK4bu&sig=Tp8r9gNTXD8XXMbsWVHQZ47H1IQ&hl=en&ei=Jtm-ScLwIZGksQOfo6GoDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result
http://medgadget.com/archives/2006/04/new_test_for_pe.html