White blood cell

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited form of anemia where an individual has either a lack of red blood cell or dysfunctional blood cell, resulting in a lack of oxygen and nutrients to the cells. Normally, a red blood cell would be round, flexible, and flat in the center to allow easy passage in the blood vessels. However, the individual with sickle cell anemia will have cells that are rigid, sticky, and shaped like a crescent or sickle which is where the name comes from. Because of its unique…

Meningitis is caused by the swelling of the membranes that encircles around the spinal cord and brain. The disease is generally triggered by infection of parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and particular organisms. Weak immune systems may be also connected to recurrent bacterial meningitis although most meningitis cases are caused by viruses. The disease mainly affects the central nervous system which consists of the brain, nerves and the spinal cord. Symptoms such as the fever may be the…

African Americans Media coverage is where specific resources of information and statistics are represented by the media either by press releases, broadcast televisions, magazines, or radios. Ever since technologies such as the radios, televisions, cell phones, and computers were implemented, our modern society has been heavily shaped by the media. While many people think that the media controls resources of information that enhances our knowledge by providing us with unbiased information, it…

be in the form of 1) Immune complex glomerulonephritis ( most common) 2) Tubulointerstitial disease 3) Vascular disease. Tubulointerstitial disease has been observes in upto 66% of SLE renal biopsy specimens. and is characterised by inflammatory cell infiltrates, tubular damage and interstitial fibrosis. The presence of tubulointerstitial disease…

a cambial variant, shows formation of internal phloem. This internal phloem is same as external phloem but sieve tube elements relatively longer than external one. Development of three internal phloem patches exerts pressure on pith cells, because of that pith cells get compressed and it resulted in to small compressed pith. Key Words: morpho-anatomy, Cressa cretica, bicollateral, internal phloem. INTRODUCTION…

Many people are unaware that when they first encounter a nurse for the first time, for care in a hospital or clinic setting they have begun the Health Assessment interview. This interview is usually done as a conversation therefore it appears trivial to the client, however it’s a conversation with a purpose. The nurse is using interpersonal skillfulness to collect subjective and objective data. This data is then processed and will help the nurse and other health care professional provide…

with solely nail fold infarctions developed systemic vasculitis (Sayah 2005). 3 Felty Syndrome Felty syndrome is defined by the triad of leukopenia, arthritis, and splenomegaly and occurs in 1% of patients with RA. Nearly all of the cases occur in white patients, with the average age of presentation in the fifties—nearly 16 years following initial diagnosis of RA. There is a slight female predominance (1.6:1), but males tend to develop the syndrome sooner after diagnosis of RA (Sayah 2005). 3…

that they knock electrons off of other atoms, and into new ones. I then asked what is the difference between blood plasma and the state of matter plasma is. He told me that in different fields of science, there are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Plasma in blood is not hot enough and doesn’t have enough energy to be the same as the state of matter plasma. Blood plasma also has a nucleus that contains DNA. I proceeded to ask if there were any elements that couldn’t…

Sickle Cell Disease There are many different types of hereditary diseases that affect people’s lives every day. One of them being sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia “is the result of abnormal hemoglobin” (Bloom 3). Hemoglobin is the “oxygen-carrying molecule of the red blood cell” (Bloom 3). In sickle cell disease, the red blood cells take shape of a crescent moon, leading to lifelong health problems. Sickle cell disease is an obstacle for thousands of people’s lives…

foreign bodies, or immune reactions. The stimulus is recognized by receptors on the surface phagocytes, dendritic cells, and epithelial cells. The two types of the receptors are the toll like receptors and the inflammasomes. The toll like receptors recognize bacterial and virus DNA and endotoxins and in response produce inflammatory mediators. The inflammasome recognizes microbial or dead cell products or components and elicits a cascade that activates caspase 1 leading to the activation of IL-1…