Anemia of chronic disease

wouldn’t be to understand when someone is dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) that frequently establishes itself in several joints in the body. Affecting two or three times more women than men. It can be generic .There are no cure for this chronic disease, but many aggressive treatments and medicines can help to prevent deformity of the joints. The rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune system that can begin in any age, usually give the person inflammation in the joints in the synovial…

normochromic with normal red blood cell indices which may include a normal MCV, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). However, MCV and MCH may decreases under chronic condition of anemia such as that of Iron deficiency anemia (IDA). (3) b) Chronic hemorrhage would result in iron deficiency thus red blood cells will morphologically be microcytic hypochromic. Both mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) would be…

The circulatory system is something most living creatures have. The purpose of the circulatory system to help provide oxygen molecules to your whole body. It also helps circulate carbon dioxide, nutrients, and hormones throughout the body. (Johnson, p 651) Blood is a liquid that flows through the body. It is composed of several different particles: Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, and platelets. Red blood cells are cells in the blood that transports oxygen molecules and nutrients to…

According to the article “Managing Sickle Cell Disease”, sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder affecting the red blood cells. The disease causes the red blood cells to become rigid and half-moon shaped, resulting in obstruction of capillary blood flow. Decreased oxygen to the tissues results in pain. The disease is inherited and has the greatest prevalence among Black Americans and Hispanics in the United States. Inheritance is autosomal recessive and results in production of sickle…

Crohn’s Disease is a systemic autoimmune disorder progressively rising in the United States. People of all ages are affect. But, it seems to be more dominant in people between the ages of 14 – 35, including those that smoke cigarettes, family members with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Jewish descent. Crohn’s disease is chronic, causing abnormal inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, affecting the end of the small intestine to the beginning of large intestine. It affects the…

disorder that is characterized by the destruction of the blood platelets caused by the presence of antiplatelet antibodies. This bleeding disorder is not associated with a systemic disease. It’s typically chronic in adults, but self-limited in children. The trouble with this there is not defining diagnostic that presents this disease clearly, instead the diagnosis is presented through the exclusion of other variables. Typically, patients have coagulation studies (COAG), liver function tests…

Think of a time when you did something that you said you wouldn’t do again, yet you couldn’t resist just one more urge. Well you, my friend, had an addiction. An addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes a compulsive urge to engage in rewarding stimulation despite adverse consequences. As a result, the compulsive act can interfere with everyday responsibilities such as health, finances, relationships, and careers. Addiction can be classified as either substance or behavioral. In this…

races or ethnicities. Acute leukemia develops fast, but chronic leukemia develops more slowly. It causes almost one third of all cancer deaths in children today, close to every ten minutes somebody dies from leukemia. From 2004 through 2010 the survival rate was at about fifty- seven percent. The number of new cases and deaths in 2007 to 2011 per one hundred thousand was thirteen out of one hundred thousand for…

Haemoglobinopathies Bain (2011) defined Haemoglobinopathies as diseases caused by inherited globin synthesis disorders and thus affects the haemoglobin protein of the blood and its function. It can be argued that haemoglobinopathies are the most common gene recessive disorders in the world (Streetly and Dick 2005). In Australia, the increase of cases with haemoglobinopathies disorder is due to immigration of ethnicities that belongs in the risk list (Metcalfe, Barrow-Stewart and Campbell 2007).…

In Raynaud's disease, smaller arteries that supply blood to your skin narrow, limiting blood circulation to affected areas. Women are more likely than men to have Raynaud's disease. Treatment of Raynaud's disease depends on its severity and whether you have other health conditions. For most people, Raynaud's disease isn't disabling, but can affect quality of life. • Scleroderma Limited scleroderma is a progressive disorder. It is classified as a systemic disease because its effects can…