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hemophilia aka |
bleeders disease |
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hereditary disorder in which the blood clotting mechanism is imparied |
hemophilia |
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a deficiency in clotting factor VIII |
Hemophilia A |
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carriers of the trait of hemophilia but generally do not have symptoms of the disease |
women |
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a deficiency in clotting factor IX |
hemophilia B |
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symptoms include nosebleed, easy bruising, and bleeding from gums. Severe symptoms may include hematomas and hemathrosis |
hemophilia |
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hemophilia is sex linked and found most commonly in |
men |
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if blood enters the joints it is known as |
hemarthrosis |
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areas of blood seepage are |
hematomas |
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uncontrolled bleeding in the body may lead to what from hemophilia |
shock and death |
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IV injection of the deficient clotting factor is the treatment for |
hemophilia |
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one of the acute infections caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) |
infectious mononucleosis |
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In some cases mononucleosis can cause the liver and spleen to enlarge which is known as |
hepatomegaly or splenomegaly |
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Symptoms include sore throat, fever, enlarged cervical lymph nodes, gum infection, headache, tiredness, loss of appetite, and general malaise |
infectious mononucleosis |
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Leukemia, Hodgkin disease, and Kaposi sarcoma are all oncological disorders associated with what |
blood, lymph, and immune systems |
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What infection usually resolves itself |
mononucleosis |
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disorder of the blood forming organs characterized by an overgrowth of blood cells |
leukemia |
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overgrowth aka |
proliferation |
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granulocytic aka |
myelogenous |
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categorized by the type of leukocyte population affected: granulocytic or lymphocytic; acute or chronic |
leukemia |
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sudden onset of the disease and the cells are highly blastic with few mature forms; life threatening; severe anemia, infections, and blood disorders are at high risk |
acute from of leukemia |
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the treatment of leukemia is the same as what |
cancer |
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in this form of leukemia signs and symptoms are slow to develop; usually enough mature cells to carry on the function of various cells |
chronic leukemia |
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implicated causes of this virus/infection include environmental condtions, high dose radiation, and genetics |
leukemia |
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malignant disease of the lymph system; primarily lymph nodes |
Hodgkin's disease |
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malignancy may remain in neighboring lymph nodes, it can travel to bone marrow, GI tract, spleen, and what |
liver |
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excessively large nodes in the neck may cause |
dysphagia or dyspnea |
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how can you control hodgkins disease |
radiation and chemotherapy |
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Symptoms of hodgekins include weight loss, anemia, fever and severe itching which is known as |
pruritis |
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a malignancy of connective tissue including the bone, fat, muscle, and fibrous tissue |
Kaposi sarcoma |
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Kaposi Sarcoma is commonly associated with what |
AIDS |
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Kaposi Sarcoma is fatal because the tumors do what |
readily mestatisize to other organs |
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The lesions of Kaposi sarcoma are brown-purplish and develop into what |
plaques and nodules |
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treatment often includes relieving pain and discomfort; doesn't prolong life |
Kaposi sarcoma |
