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Pancytopenia

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Decrease in all blood cell types. “Pan” meaning many, “cyto” meaning cell, “penia”meaning decreased

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What do you think the value for MCV will be in a macrocytic normochromic type of anemia?

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MCV>100

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Microspherocyte

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Smaller than normal RBC that is hyperchromic. Stains more densely and no central pallor

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Hypersegmented neutrophil

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Segmented neutrophils that has a nucleus with five or more lobes

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Parietal cell

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A large so on the margin of the gastric glands of the stomach secretes hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor

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Ileum

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The lower 3/5 of the small intestine

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What is anemia

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The result of either decreased RBC production or increase decreased RBC destruction

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Classify three types of anemia

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Macrocytic/Normochromic
Microcytic/hypochromic
Normocytic/normochromic

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What is Thalassemia?

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A genetically transmitted type of hemolytic anemia caused by a decrease rate of synthesis of one of the polypeptide chains of hgb

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What is anemia

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A increase in RBC destruction or loss

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What is Hgb S

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Hemoglobinpathy that has amino acid substitution of VALINE for glutamic acid in the 6th position of the beta chain.

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Characteristics of Sickle Cell

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Moderate poik, sickle cell, target cells, Howell jolly bodies, polychromasia, few nRBC’s

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Characteristics of Hgb H global chain

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4 betas

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Sickle cell anemia is represented by what types of hgb?

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SS

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What type of anemia is sickle cell?

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Normocytic/normochromic

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What type of anemia is Aplastic anemic?

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Normocytic/ normochromic

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Treatment for folate deficiency?

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Folic acid

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What type of anemia is Megaloblastic Anemia?

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Macrocytic/normochromic

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What are the types of Megaloblastic anemia?

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Vitb12 deficiency and folate deficiency

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Causes of vib12 deficiency

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Pernicious anemia
Gastrectomy
Diphyllobothrium latum
Dietary deficiency

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What is pernicious anemia?

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Lack of vitb12 absorption due to the lack of intrinsic factor .

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What is intrinsic factor?

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Transport protein which is produced by gastric parietal cells

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Causes of folate deficiency

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Poor diet , increased need(I.e. Pregnancy), chronic hemolysis, non Megaloblastic anemia

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Parietal cell

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A large cell on the margin of gastric glands of the stomach that secretes hydrochloric acid

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