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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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How do the microcytic hypochromic anemia cells look like?
i have been having iron tabs for the last 10 months and have been told i have microcytosis what is the treatment and how has this problem happened
Iron deficiency is body iron stores below the normal level as reflected by serum ferritin level of less than 12 ng/ ml, while iron deficient erythropoiesis mean that erythrocytes are produced deficient in iron or hypochromic. and iron deficiency anemia is the final step of uncorrected iron deficiency that is overt iron deficiency manifested by decreased hemoglobin level below normal (females < 12 g/dl, males < 14 g/ dl)
State the sings of anemia that indicate compensation for hypoxia?
There are several different signs and symptoms to watch for. Some of these symptoms include fatigue, weakness, dizziness, headache, low body temperature, pale skin, and irregular heartbeat.
Is not eating rice a cause for anemia?
== == Most definitely. Rice is a staple of most diets. The lack of rice in one's diet can and in most cases will promote anemia.
Considering the diets of many other cultures and their lack of the anemic disease further reinforces this hypothesis.
No. Anemia is caused by the loss of red blood cells in the blood stream that transports oxygen and nutrients to the body. Anemia usually is caused by defective bone marrow that doesn't produce red blood cells, excessive blood loss or other genetic or pathogen disease. Iron is the mineral lost in anemia. Starch is the nutrient in rice.
There are lots of types of anemias, but as a general rule to treat anemia simply increase the protein intake to raise iron levels.
No, because they would have to test for pregnancy to detect it. They can use the same blood to test it though if you request it.
Difference between thalassemia and sickle cell anemia?
Thalassemia is a genetic disorder as a result of an imbalance in the hemoglobin. In sickle cell, also a genetic disorder, the mutation cause a crescent shaped molecule.
Why do people with malaria or sickle cell anemia have enlarged spleens?
The spleen is the body's reservoir for blood and also plays a role in red blood cell development. When a person has either malaria or sickle cell anemia the body tries to make more blood available, so the extra amount is stored in the spleen.
What is an example of sickle cell?
A Sickle Cell is a type of Red Blood Cell (RBC) seen in the Sickle Cell Disease. This disease has an abnormal Hemoglobin molecule, termed Hemoglobin S. This is due to a point mutation in the Beta-Globin Gene on chromosome 11. The disease itself is homozygous and recessive so one can have the trait and not have the disease if one of the parents have it. The patients with this disease have lifelong hemolytic anemia and increased susceptibility to infections.
As for how the cells came to be called Sickle Cells, one has to understand the molecular structure of the Globin (protein) portion of Hemoglobin. In this disease, a polar amino acid (Glutamate) is replaced by a non polar amino acid (Valine) in the Globin molecule, thus reducing its overall charge. This also causes a protrusion in the Hemoglobin surface that more or less fits a pocket like structure in another Hemoglobin molecule in the cell. During low oxygen tension, the hemoglobin molecules polymerize, or get attached to one another forming a network of mis-shaped, stiff and distorted cells. These cells are called Sickle Cells.
