Hemolytic anemia

Doctors will prescribe Anabolic steroids to help people with certain types of anemia (WebMD). This serves as the primary treatment for certain types of anemia because a disease like Immune Hemolytic Anemia where the body makes its own antibodies that attacks the red blood cells, the body isn’t fully able to fully transport nutrients to body tissues which later leads into muscle and organ failure…

cirrhosis (Strasinger & Di Lorenzo, 2008, p. 68). Bilirubin is converted to urobilinogen. It’s normal to have less than one mg/dL in the urine. If there is excess urobilinogen in the urine, this correlates with early detection for liver disease or hemolytic disorders (Strasinger & Di Lorenzo, 2008, p. 69). Analyzing abnormal results for bilirubin and urobilinogen can help diagnose liver…

Shawn, the main character of “The Uniformed Coach” scenario has sickle cell disease (SCD) and is suffering from a sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell disease is a form of hemolytic anemia that is inherited; being caused by an abnormal hemoglobin molecule. There are several forms of SCD but the most severe is simply called sickle cell anemia; the dysfunctional hemoglobin molecule, called hemoglobin S (Hb S), assumes an unusual shape when it is subject to deoxygenation or dehydration (McCance &…

adverse effects of bitter melon are coma, fever, and headache. The GI adverse effects are abdominal pain and diarrhea. The GU adverse effects are uterine bleeding and uterine contractions. There is also a hematologic adverse effect that leads to hemolytic anemia. The hepatic adverse effect is hepatotoxicity. The vicine, which is the seed inside the bitter melon, can cause toxicity if ingested. Bitter melon can also activate a hypersensitivity reaction in some people. Some drug interactions with…

Introduction: Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect an individual’s response to drugs. This is a new field that combines pharmacology (the science of drugs) and genomics (the study of genes and their functions) to develop fruitful, safe medicines and doses that will be customized to a human genetic makeup. Now drugs that are available are “one size fits all,” but they do not effective for every person. It is very tough to augur that a person get benefit from drug or not, and…

Porphyria is named from the ancient Greek word porphura, meaning purple. The Greeks borrowed the term from the Phoenicians, who extracted a purple pigment from purpura mollusks to dye the garments of their royal family. (Lane 2002). Porphyrias are so diverse due to the fact that they have symptoms that can be considered somewhat slight to extreme and some are considered a common Porphyria to a rare disorder and are classified into 8 different types and are put in 2 main headings, Acute Porphyria…

a wolf’s bite. In the Middle Ages lupus was mainly described as a dermatologic condition. It was not until 1872 that lupus was considered a systemic disease that presented with subcutaneous nodules, arthritis, lymphadenopathy, fever, weight loss, anemia, and central nervous system involvement.1 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder that causes chronic inflammation of connective tissues, with multifactorial pathophysiology and heterogeneous clinical manifestations. The…

There are several genetic variants in the DNA sequence of the ABO gene that give rise to ABO subgroups. The most important of these are the A1 and A2 subgroups, which differ in the activity of their transferase enzyme gene products. The transferase activity in A2 individuals is less efficient in catalyzing the formation of the A antigen from the H antigen compared with those in the A1 subgroup, resulting in lower expression of A antigen. Type A2 individuals have relatively fewer Type I, Type III…

When I think of the emergency department (ED) I think of chaos, blood, trauma, and death. The emergency department experience was something I was not looking forward to. When I think about fields of nursing that I would like to try, the emergency department was not on the list. I am glad to report that this clinical experience has changed my feelings about working in the emergency room. The emergency department is a fast-paced environment where people are constantly moving. Many of the patients…

(Hemolysis), an extremely high level of enzymes in the liver and a low platelet count. Although present in Preeclampsia and Eclampsia vomiting and Nausea are more prominent in this form of the disease. Women with HELLP Syndrome will also develop hemolytic anemia resulting from the low number of blood cells caused by the hemolysis. Ultimately the only “real” cure for Preeclampsia/Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome is delivery, and in general delivery is…