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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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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.
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 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.
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..
Why is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate low with sickle cell anemia patients?
because the sickle cell has small surface. and the ESR is proportional to surface area of red blood cell.
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
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.
