Anemia

Margaret S. Hewie

Avi Weiner, the son of Marc Weiner, creator of the television show, Weinerville.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/magazine/of-god-and-weinerville.html?pagewanted=all

It won't kill you if that's what you mean, but you will get intoxicated faster, will dehydrate faster and you're likely to become dizzy.

Alcohol can cause anemia and could therefore add to your problem and slow down your recovery, so I would be judicious in its use.

Yes, Sickle Cell-Anemia is a genetic condition that is passed down from one generation to the other.

Sickle Cell Anemia is Autosomal Recessive. It arises from a mutation on the beta-globin gene of chromosome 11.

Because Sickle Cell Anemia is an example of incomplete dominance, a person has the disease if they have two mutated beta-globin genes but only has the trait (is a carrier) if they have only one mutated beta-globin gene.

yes

Decreased red blood cell concentration in the blood may lead to decreased intensity of red color in a blood sample. Red blood cells are the formed element that gives blood its expected color.

No. It is a generally found only in the African/ American community.

you should increase your water intake as much as you can to prevent dehydration and take pain killer in a crisis and take amoxil to prevent infection with supplemental folic acid to increase RBC production

and there is new drug called hydroxyurea which increase hemoglobin F which characterized by high affinity to oxygen which might prevent the crisis or make them milder...

Yes, as it is an iron deficiency. Red blood cells are made with it by the body and these are important to foetal development. Remember though that too much iron is also dangerous. Maternal anemia will not affect the baby as the baby will take what it needs, but it will affect the mother if severe and can be extremely dangerous in labor.

Because individuals who inherit the gene from only one parent produce red blood cells which are distorted. This distortion makes the cells unpalatable to malaria parasites, without seriously harming the individual. This tends to protect against malaria and that protection causes selection for this allele. Individuals who get the sickle cell gene from both parents suffer serious distortion of the red blood cells. This protects against malaria, but also reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red cells to a dangerous degree. This causes a disease called sickle-cell anaemia, which causes selection against the gene. In malarial regions a balance is established. When a population with sickle cell alleles moves to an area with effectively no malaria present, the sickle cell alleles are steadily selected against. This shifts the balance steadily towards low levels.

anemia causes increased production of vascular endothelial relaxing factor that causes dilatation of the vasculature producing oedema.

Iron deficiency anemia. The normal hematocrit (ratio of packed red blood cells to total blood volume) rules out anemia due to loss of blood cells through hemorrhage or sickling. Below-normal hemoglabin indicates an iron deficiency in this case. No available iron = no hemoglobin produced.

Yes, but it depends what type the patient has. Iron supplements cure iron-deficiency anemia, the most common type. Other types such as folate deficiency and B12 deficiency are also curable by supplements. It's a bit more difficult to treat something like hereditary haemochromatosis (an autosomal recessive disorder of iron metabolism) though.

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease. People who have the disease inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene-one from each parent. The sickle cell gene causes the body to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the iron-rich protein that gives blood its red color and carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. In sickle cell anemia, the hemoglobin sticks together when it delivers oxygen to the body's tissues. These clumps of hemoglobin are like liquid fibers. They cause the red blood cells to become stiff and shaped like a sickle, or "C." The sickled red blood cells tend to stick together and get caught in the blood vessels. (Other cells also may play a role in this process.) Two copies of the sickle cell gene are needed for the body to make the abnormal hemoglobin found in sickle cell anemia.

Anemia is either when your body can't produce enough red blood cells or your body breaks them down too quickly for it to carry the Oxygen around your entire body. So if you aren't getting the Oxygen you need your body will become tired easier and quicker and you may find it hard to breath at some points.

Anemia is a physical condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. It results in symptoms of fatigue and can lead to other health complications because the organs are not getting enough oxygen to function properly. There are more than four hundred types of anemia and they are divided into three group causes which are, anemia caused by blood loss, anemia caused by decreased or faulty red blood cell production, and anemia caused by the destruction of red blood cells.

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.

well I'm 18 yrs old and i have sickle cell trait. i can tell you that there are not that many here are some:

-don't exercise for a prolonged time i did this a couple of times and when i stopped to catch my breath i felt very dizzy like if i was going to faint

-make sure your hydrated all day to ensure you red blood cells are constantly moving

-and last you will probably have some acute migraines or have tiny headaches sometime out of nowhere

i hope my advice helps you better understand make sure to get your partner tested

Decreased component depends on the type of anemia, but generally, anemia indicates a decrease in iron levels in the blood. However, you can have anemia with normal blood tests for iron.

It used to put a life expectancy on those who have it. The age used to be 21. These days people are surviving longer and longer with it. It really can be managed, if the person takes care of themselves. My boyfriend has it and is 34 years old.

Not necessarily. There are many different types of anemia. One example is sickle-cell anemia. In this condition your red blood cells become sickle shaped and stiff. This makes it hard for them to squeeze through you capillaries.

A lack of iron - an iron supplement can help if you have been diagnosed with anemia

Anemia means a low level of red blood cells, which carry oxygen. Mild anemias generally produce no symptoms but more severe anemia can cause shortness of breath, fatigue, and dizziness.

Causes include:

Increased loss - Usually bleeding is obvious. Vaginal bleeding (menstrual) can be significant enough to cause anemia and bleeding into the stomach an intestines can go unnoticed. Trauma patients with a fracture thigh can bleed significantly into the muscle. Certain conditions can cause the red cells to burst within the blood vessel causing no visible bleeding (abnormal hemoglobins such as sickle cell fall into this category).

Decreased production - The most common reason for this is low iron, often caused by low level bleeding and occasionally a poor diet. Other vitamin deficiencies and diseases can also do this.

Factitious - If the total body fluid is up or the tourniquette is left on too long when drawing the blood fluid can dilute the red cells despite having a normal amount.

1.It is particularly common among people whose ancestors come from sub-Saharan Africa; Spanish-speaking regions (South America, Cuba, Central America); Saudi Arabia; India; and Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, Greece, and Italy. In the Unites States, it affects around 72,000 people, most of whose ancestors come from Africa. The disease occurs in about 1 in every 500 African-American births and 1 in every 1000 to 1400 Hispanic-American births. About 2 million Americans, or 1 in 12 African Americans, carry the sickle cell trait.

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According to pubmed (a government run medical website) only 2 white people have been diagnosed with sickle cell. It was caused by a random mutation in their genes. For a white person to get sickle cell they must have a 1 in a trillion genetic mutation because there is no genetic history of sickle cell in white people. No genetic history of sickle cell means that it can not be inherited, it can only come from a mutation. Black people have much higher odds of having sickle cell because there is a genetic history of sickle cell in Africans. This means that it can be inherited from the parents. Sickle cell originated in three independent blood lines in Africa and one blood line in India 70,000-150,000 years ago. If you have sickle cell it means you are a descendent of one of these blood lines.

2. i am white and having sickle cell trait and alot off people around me having sickle cell disease

YES

One obvious suggestion would be a balanced diet (including some red meat, greens etc). Vegetarians may need to take special care in their diet if they do not eat meat and should consult an expert.