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what helps detect blood disorders and diseases

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Complete blood count

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what does complete blood count measure

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the numbere of RBCs, WBCs, and platelets in a person’s blood

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what does a low RBC count indicate

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anemia, bleeding and dehydration

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what does a low platelet count indicate

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bleeding or thrombotic (clotting) disorder

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why are hemoglobin and hematocrit levels also measured

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signs of anemia

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what is the condition characterized by a decrease in the number of RBCs or insufficent hemoglobin in RBCs

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Anemia

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3 main causes of anemia

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1.) excessive blood loss

2.) decreased RBC production

3.) high rate of RBC destruction

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diagonose: headache, dizziness, weakness, fatigue and difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

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anemia

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aquired anmeias

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iron-deficient anemia, aplastic anemia, pernicious anemia, and anemia caused by chronic disease

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what is the most common type of anemia

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iron-deficient anemia

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what percent of anemia is iron-deficient anemia

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50%

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what is the result of insufficient dietary intake of iron or loss of iron from intestinal bleeding

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iron- deficent anemia

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main cause of anemia

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parasitic worms that lead to instestinal bleeding

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why do pregenant women suffer from anemia

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pregenant women give the babies hemoglobin which leads to less iron for them

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what condition is caused by damage to the stem cells in the bone marrow

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Aplastic anemia

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cause of aplastic anemia

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toxins, radiation therapy or chemotherapy, infectious diseasees, autoimmune disorders, hereedity

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in severe cases of aplastic anemia was has to be preformed

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marrow stem cell transplants

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what is the result of intestines unable to absorb B12

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Pernicious Anemia

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what is the key protein in viatamin B12 absorption

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intrinsic factor

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what is the average age for diagnosis for pernicious anemia

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around 60

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diagnose: red, swollen tounge, pale skin, fatigue, shortness or breathe

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pernicious anemia

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what chronic diseases can cause anemia

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rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease

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what is the treatment for anemia’s caused by chronic disease

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treating the underlying disease

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what are the inherited Anemias

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sickle cell disease
thalassemia

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why are sickle cell shaped like a cresent
because the hemoglobin molecules in the RBCs are mishaped
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why do sickle- shaped hemoglobin get stuck in blood
because of their shape and sticky texture
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what type of anemia has painful episode called crises
sickle cell disease
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sickle cell disease is most common against who
african-american's and mediterranean decent
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cooley's anemia
Thalassemia
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what anemia affects hemoglobin proteins
thalassemia
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what does thalassemia limit the body to do
produce fully developed hemoglobin and RBCs
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iron accumlation leads to death for 50% of people before they reach 35, for what disease?
thalassemia
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why do people with thalassemia need to have Frequent blood transfusions?
to increase RBCs
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chelation therapy
a special procedures that remove excess metals from blood
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what is jaundice caused by
too much bilirubin
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which diseease can result from liver damage or diseease
jaundice
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why is jaundice common in newborns
result of immature liver
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a newborn is more likely to have jaundice
when their RH factor is different from the mother
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what is the disorder in which the blood doesn't clot properly because the clotting factors responsible for coagulation is missing
hemophilia
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how many clotting factors are in the coagulation process
13
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which clotting factors do people with hemophilia typically lack
VII or IX
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disease most common in males and occurs 1/ 5,000 births.
hemophilia
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a rare slow-developing blood cancer that increase bone marrow production of RBC
Polythemia
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this condition leads to increased hematocrit that causes blood to thicken
polythemia
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what can cause polycythemia
exposure to atmospheric air
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how is polycythemia diagnosed
by testing hemoglobin or hematocrit levels because high level can indicate excessive RBC production
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what is the standard treament for polycythemia that is drawing blood from the body
phlebotomy
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where do blood clots form in
veins
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another name for intravascular clot
thrombus
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if the clot breaks away from the vessel wall and enters the blood stream
embolus
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what happens when a thrombus forms in a coronary artery
can heart attack
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what happens when an embolus travels to the brain
can cause stroke
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cancer of the blood caused by the production of an extremely high number of immature WBC in bone marrow
Leukemia
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what are the two types of leukemia
acute (faster and chronic (slower)
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most common in adults of 70, overproduction of lymphocytes
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
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most common form of leukemia in adults and develops when the bone marrow produces to many myelo blasts
acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
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high levels of lymphocytes, rare in children, mostly in middle aged adults,
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
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Type of leukemia in which the bone marrow manuactures too many granulocytes
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
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symptoms: weakness, fever, bone and joint pain, and stomach swelling and pain from enlarged spleen or liver
both types of leukemia
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what is the cancer of plasma cells in bone marrow
multiple myeloma
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myelomas
cancerous plasma cells
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how do myeloma cells form tumors that can damage the bone
by depositing in bone marrow
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what is the second most common blood cancer in the united states acounting for 15% of all blood cancer cases
multiple myloma
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who is most likely to get multiple myeloma
African americans

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