Anemia

the patient’s lab work it shows that the patient is anemic. Porth defines anemia as an abnormally low number of circulating red blood cells and/or level of hemoglobin (Porth, 2011). Hemoglobin, or HGB, is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to organs and tissues throughout the body. Hematocrit, or HCT, is the volume of cells in 100 mL of blood (Porth, 2011). HGB and HCT levels can indicate the severity of the anemia. Mean corpuscular volume, or MCV, tells us the average size of the…

side of the world. There are several types of thalassemia, and the disease is also known as Cooley’s anemia or Mediterranean anemia. The disease is autosomal recessive, meaning that if both parents are unknowing carriers of thalassemia, there is a one in four chance of their children having the disease. Patients who have thalassemia cannot produce the normal amount of hemoglobin, which results in anemia, and the…

physical loss of an individual’s soul. A vast majority of individuals experience death in different ways. In other words, death can come slowly and painfully, or quickly and painlessly. Three years ago, my cousin, Ollie Green, died of sickle cell anemia. Ollie’s life could be described as the process of baking a cake. When I received the news of his death, my perfectly prepared cake was now burnt and destroyed. A correlation of contradicting emotions suppressed my mind. Is this really the end?…

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).…

Anemia Anemia is most common blood disorder, and according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, it affects more than 3 million Americans. Anemia occurs when you do not have enough red blood cells or when your red blood cells do not function properly. 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. Hemoglobin is the main part of the red blood cells that binds oxygen. The most common symptoms…

PHYSIOLOGICAL DIMENSION IMMUNE/DEFENSE MECHANISMS Age specific variations of growth and development From the Nursing care of infants and Children, specifies different immunizations that are recommended for adolescents. Adolescents that are 11 to 18 years of age should be administered the tetanus, diphtheria, acellular, and pertussis vaccine. The meningococcal vaccine should be administered to adolescents between the ages of 11 to 12 years old, as well get a booster before the age of 16.…

What if blood were poison to the body? Imagine going through countless blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. Many people are blessed never to have to worry about those things their entire lives, but that life is a reality for a person with sickle cell disease. Some compare sickle cell to cancer, but they are very different. Similarly both have severe effects on the body from the diseases themselves and from the strenuous treatment procedures. Through all the hardships sufferers, have…

transmission and treatment methods. The information gathered for this paper was obtained from the work of various researchers and their findings on the disease and its effects on the various parts of the body. A review of Literature Sickle cell anemia is an inherited genetic blood disorder, which causes defects hemoglobin leading to the production of abnormal “sickle shaped” red blood cells.…

Cold Fingers and Toes No matter what the weather is, some of us always seem to suffer from chronically cold fingers and toes. However, the cause may be as simple as being in a cold environment or your body's natural response to maintain its normal temperature. Beyond making people jump at your touch, icy extremities could signal a problem with your blood circulation, or the blood vessels in your fingers and toes. We’ve dug into the common causes for cold digits and when they might be cause for…

First, hematotoxicity is the study of blood and blood-forming tissues as a target organ for drugs or different chemicals. It is the toxic effect that the substance has on the properties or components of blood. Additionally, other factors to include when determining toxicity are stress, exercise, and ionizing radiation. Furthermore, blood and hematopoietic tissue are target organs for scrutiny and the study in preclinical and clinical safety evaluations. There are several methods that…