Hemoglobin

Complete blood count gives data regarding the blood. It shows the values of red blood cells, white blood cells with WBC differential, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet count. Normal WBC count is 4500-10,000 uL (mm3). Increased level may mean infections and decreased level may mean hematopoietic diseases. In some tests what is normal count for female is different for male. Example is Female…

At this moment, this young boy fits the diagnosis of Normocytic anemia with increased red cell production along with leukopenia. The patient presents with symptoms consistent with severe anemia including of pallor, fatigue, tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypotension. The patient’s new systolic ejection murmur is most likely related to increased semilunar flow due to the anemia. The recent throat infection and subsequent antibiotic treatment are the most probable cause of these symptoms. The…

Death is a supernatural 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.…

Benefits of Donating Blood Every two seconds someone in the U.S. is in need of a blood transfusion. Just one donation can save up to three lives, provide information for researching cures of certain life threatening diseases. Those diseases included but not limited are diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and hemophilia disease. Although donating blood may seem like it is depleting nutrients and proteins from your body, it is actually benefiting you and those receiving your blood. A…

Ichthyosis is a rare genetic or acquired skin condition, classified under the “Disorders of Cornification” (NORD's Rare Disease Database, 2005) and is characterized by dry, thickened and scaling skin. There are many different forms of Ichthyosis, with some acquired types, disguisable from one another by the extent of scaling, the presence of reddening skin, how it was inherited and the associated abnormalities. Ichthyosis is a lifelong disease to which there is no cure. Ichthyosis may be…

Most people do not know cystic fibrosis is sometimes called “sixty-five roses.” The nickname came from a young boy who heard his mom talking about the condition on the phone. Each time she said cystic fibrosis he thought she was talking about sixty-five roses. In reality, cystic fibrosis is a devastating disease caused by a hereditary disorder which affects the exocrine glands. Around one in twenty three people in the United States carry at least one defective gene causing it to be the most…

The Sickle Cell Disease is a very interesting but harmful disease.The Sickle Cell Disease was founded when a man named Walter Clement Noel went Dr. James B. Herrick office and asked if he had Anemia because he felt that he had the symptoms of Anemia. Anemia happens when that person doesn’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen to the body. Since Dr. Herrick did care about the compliments that Noel did, he sent Noel with Dr. Irons. When Dr. Irons took a look at Walter’s blood under a…

Summary Sickle cell disease (Zia & Rafique) is a hereditary blood disorder that is caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin genes. The disease represents a major health problem in high prevalence countries such as Saudi Arabia (SA) due to the associated high mortality rate. To date, there has been no studies discuss the current status of SCD in SA, its impact on health care cost and the major factors associated with high utilization of health care services. This paper aimed to review articles…

Have you ever wondered why you are more susceptible to a cold than a classmate who may be of a different race? It may be a result of natural selection as it impacts people living in certain countries, making them able to withstand weather or deadly diseases in their environment. However, all good things come at a cost. In Survival of the Sickest, Dr. Sharon Moalem explains that certain diseases that might affect people later in life have actually guided human evolution, enabling the species to…

DIAGNOSIS OF ANAEMIA: DETERMINATION OF HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION Introduction Red blood cells contain the protein molecule haemoglobin (Hb); it is made up of four polypeptide chains and contains iron. Its function is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the bodies tissue and to carry carbon dioxide from tissue back to the lungs. Anaemia can be caused when there is a lack of iron in the body which leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells. Iron is used to carry oxygen in the blood so If…