Anemia

result, many diseases spread. Over a thousand wild animals relocated after the water rose in the dams. Because of the droughts in Africa, the supply of electricity had decreased. Malaria is a disease transmitted to humans by mosquitos, causes fever, anemia, and often-fatal complications. This disease affected 174 million people in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. There has been a new study case that was conducted in sub-Saharan African saying that living close to the…

Performance Enhancing Drugs Athletes taking performance enhancing drugs is just like sitting in school taking a test and not be able to figure out the answer to a question. All of a sudden you see your classmates cheating, by taking out their phones and looking at each other papers. Many athletes who witness their peers taking drugs feel as if the said athletes are cheating their way to the top. When a bench rider suddenly rises up to star-player, many questions arise. The use of performance…

In this paper I will discuss the pathophysiology, the treatments and possible cures, signs and symptoms to look for as well as the treatment and diagnostic tests associated with Sickle Cell disease. Working at the local hospital I have seen a few patients that are regularly there and admitted to the hospital for sickle cell crisis. I will tell their story so you have a better understanding of the disease and a more personal connection with how it affects people on a daily basis. Not…

universal iodization worldwide. Iron Deficiency and Fortification Iron is necessary for red blood cell development and immunity. Iron deficiency [9] is a widespread issue, especially in women. When a person is iron deficient, they can suffer from anemia, which can reduce productivity, thus causing economic problems in the area. Offering iron supplementation to menstruating women is one of the major ways organizations around the world are combatting this disorder. Zinc Deficiency and…

diet. Protein is undoubtedly important to help us repair our tissues, protect against infection, and also heal wounds. If we eradicate protein from our diet regime, we would most likely end up having reoccurring illnesses, circulatory problems, and anemia. Fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, acids and it's well known we all should really try to eat fish at least twice a week. This type of fat is undoubtedly good and can help prevent plaque buildup in the heart, as well as hardening of the…

contributes to the death of young children so frequently. The first being, an overwhelming amount of children contract cerebral malaria which causes seizures or comas that can kill a child directly and immediately. Second, repeated malaria can cause severe anemia, which decreases survival rate. Lastly, low birth weight, which is a consequence of women pregnant with malaria, is a risk for death in the infant’s first month of…

Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride is a sedative used on intubated or mechanically ventilated patients. Side Effects include “Pain, infection, hypotension, bradicardia, atrial fibrillation, nausea, thirst, hypoxia pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, anemia, anemia, leukocytosis, and oliguria” Dosage for “Adults: IV 1 mcg/kg loading dose infused over 10 min, then continue with infusion of 0.2-0.7 mcg/kg/h for up to 24 h adjusted to maintain sedation” (Wilson, Shannon, & Shields, 2016, p. 455).…

many things to help the people since he didn’t care about the money. George Washington Carver soon passed away on January 5th, 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama at the age of 79 from falling down a flight of stairs, but the real cause was that he died of anemia. President Roosevelt established a monument for George Washington Carver after his death, they even have made a park and named it after him too…

Piroplasmosis, which is also, affects all equid species, including horses, donkeys, mules, and zebras (Friedhoff et al., 1990). Infection with either or both of these obligate, intra-erythrocytic organisms can cause varying degrees of hemolytic anemia and associated systemic illness (fever, Jaundice, red urine, oedema, loss of appetite, weakness) (Knowles, 1988). The taxonomy of B. equi remains controversial, based in part on finding an extra-erythrocytic stage within equine lymphocyte, B.…

give up agents with superior selectivity for healthy tissue as well as the aptitude to protect a larger number of tissue types. A variety of drugs have been developed to organize side effects related to chemotherapy, including Erythropoietics for anemia (Epogen, Darbepoetin), Antiemetics for nausea and vomiting (e.g. Ondansetron, Aprepitant), and Immunostimulators for neutropenia…