Anemias Flashcards
symptoms of anemia
yellowing eyes, pale/cold/yellowing skin, SOB, muscular weakness, change in stool color, fatigue, dizziness, syncope, low BP, palpitations, rapid HR, CP, angina, MI, enlarged spleen
mature RBC lifespan
120 days
time for erythrocyte development
5.5 days
when does loss of nucleus occur in erythrocyte development
between orthochronic normoblast and reticulocyte
pure red cell aplasia (erythroblastopenia)
reduced proliferation or differentiation of stem cells. occurs w autoimmune disease, thymoma, viral infections, herpes, parvovirus B19, hepatitis, lymphoproliferative, congenital
aplastic anemia
- reduced proliferation or differentiation of stem cells
- fanconi anemia (hereditary – autosomal recessive, prob w DNA repair, results in BM failure)
- anemia of renal failure (insufficient EPO)
- anemia of endocrine d/o
forms of decreased RBC production
more common than aplasia or aplastic anemia.
- megaloblastic anemia
- thalassemia (deficient globin synthesis)
- congenital dyserythropoetic anemia (specific assorted deficiencies in genes involved in RBC maturation)
- anemia of renal failure (dilutional and prob w EPO)
- anemia of prematurity (diminished EPO)
- iron deficient anemia (decreased heme)
what is the best indicator of iron deficiency anemia
ferritin (normal 100 (+/- 60), low
cause of iron deficiency anemia
almost always due to insufficient dietary intake
-infants, toddlers, preg woman, anyone w blood loss
US: 12% childbearing age women (higher in AA, mexican)
-most common cause is GI bleed in US; parasite worldwide
why is iron from meat more readily absorbed
attached to heme, more readily absorbed via heme carrier pro 1. non bound must be converted to ferrous iron before it can be taken up through divalent metal transporter 1.
how is iron stored
bound to apoferritin
ferroportin
transports iron from intestinal cell into blood stream
transferrin
binds ferric ion, transports to BM precursor to transferrin receptor. ferrous converted to hbg. tranferrin receptor and transferrin are recycled. can also deliver iron to hepatocytes to become stored as ferritin.
hepcidin
binds to and inhibits ferroportin on all cell types. regulatory hormone that fluctuates with iron status
features of hemolytic anemias
- increased lactate
- decreased haptoglobin
- increased reticulocytes
- increased bili
hemolytic anemias: intrinsic abnormalities
- premature destruction
- genetic d/o: hereditary spherocytosis, elliptocytosis, enzyme deficiencies, hemoglobinophathies (sickle cell)
- non genetic: paroxysmal noctural hemoglobinuria; bone marrow cell mutation causes loss of cell surface markers. autoimmune response ensues
hemolytic anemias: extrinsic abnormalities
anti-body related
- warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia: primarily by IgG. occurs at typical body temp, can be secondary to SLE or CLL
- cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia: IgM, excessive titer permits binding in cold (28-31), can be secondary to mycoplasma pna, mono, lymphoma, CLL, HIV
- transfusion rxn
- Rh disease
- mechanical trauma (HD, valve, malaria)
small cell anemia causes
- too little iron
- too much lead
- thalasemia
large cell anemia causes
- too little vit B12 or B9
- drug SE