UA conditions Test #2 Flashcards
Fatigue
headaches
fever
exertional dyspnea
all anemias
Acute blood loss anemia PP
accident or internal hemorrhage
Acute blood loss anemia Blood test
normochromic macrocytosis poikilosytosis nucleated rbi reticulocytes increases WBCs (neutrophils) anisocytosis decreased platelets
“norma makes peter nut really intense all day”
Chronic blood loss anemia PP
slow internal bleeding (not noticed until iron depleted)
Chronic blood loss anemia blood test
Microcytic
Hypochromic
increased platelets
leukopenia
Iron deficient anemia PP
currently pregnant, young child growing fast
PICA
associated with ulcers and gastrectomy
Iron deficient S&S
PICA Paresthesia Burning tongue Angular stomatitis (cracking mouth in corners) Gastritis Dysphagia Spooning nails
“Peter’s penis burns all day, got syphilis”
Iron deficient Anemia BT
Decrease MCV Decrease MCHC Decrease HCT (hematocrit) microcytic normal WBC Hypochromic Anisocytosis Poikilocytes
Iron depletion
loss exceeds intake
mobilized iron storage
Iron deficient erythropoeisis
decreased serum ferrite’s
saturated transfurens
megaloblastic anemia
pernicious anemia
folate deficient anemia
pernicious anemia PP
numbness or tingling in distal extremity difficulty walking episodic abdominal pain gastroectomy A vegan tapworm
Pernicious anemia S&S
atrophic glossitis (sore, raw pale)
episodic abdominal pain
Pallesthesia loss of vibratory sensations
UMNL (paresthesia)
post column-pins/needles in distal extremity
lat column- weakness, spastic
Pernicious anemia blood test
increased MCV decreased hematocrit normochromic macrocytic Poikilocytes ovalcytes phlimsy RBC
normal iron problem with dna synth.
pernicious anemia
only vitamin exclusive to microorganisms
stored in liver
depleted in people with gastroectomy or vegan
B12
Treatment of pernicious anemia
intraMuscular injection of B12
FOLATE DEFICIENCY
PP
former user of alcohol pregnant w/ fatigue normal B12 Heat food or use powder milk vegans
FOLATE DEFICIENCY BT
↓ Serum Folate B12 normal Platlets normal WBC normal
STORED
in LIVER
formed
by intestinal bacteria
folate
deficiency in folate
Heat foods
Powdered Milk
Goats Milk
APLASTIC ANEMIA
PP
blood test with pancytopenia (decrease in all blood cells) nose / gum bleeding Infection
APLASTIC ANEMIA SS
bleeding from the gums nose bleeds frequent ↑ susceptibility to infection
Aplastic Anemia BT
Normocytes Thrombocytopenia Leucocytopenia ↑serum feritan Normochromic B12 & Folic acid normal
Bone
Marrow production problem
2 WAYS:
1) Direct Destruction of Hematocrit
[Drugs (chlorophenical), radiation, virus, hepatitis, Epsteinbarr]
2) ImmuneComplex
Mediated Destruction of Marrow Cells
Aplastic Anemia
Bone
Marrow Transplant
Hemolytic Anemias
Intrinsic and extrinsic forms
often leasts to Gallstones
Hemolytic intrinsic
Intrinsic
Formproblem
w/ membrane, metabolic, or hemoglobin disorder
Hemolytic extrinsic
Extrinsic
Form factors
outside the RBC (aquired)
***MC cause: malaria
Renal Insufficiency Anemia
↓ Erythropoietin BUN present ↑ Hemolysis ↑ Urobilinogen levels
Liver Disease Anemia
↓ production & survival of RBC ↑ Blood volume. ↑ Reticulocytes Platelets normal Leucocytes normal Normo& Macrocytic
spur cells are associated with
cirrhosis
cirrhosis anemia
↑ Cholesterol Phospholids normal (trapped in spleen & destroyed)
Hypothyroidism [Endocrine]
NO Reticulocytes testosterone deficientcy (low RBC production) Normo –cyte & chromic ↓ cortisol
Bone Marrow Infiltration
Leukemia,
Lymphoma, Mets, MM, Red marrow replaced
Hereditary Spherocytosis PP
young child w/ jaundice splenomegaly Increase urobilinogen brown stool
Hereditary Spherocytosis S&S
↑ Urobilinogen in urine Jaundice Brown Stool spleenomegaly Macrocytic cells (lyses when going through capillary)
Hereditary Spherocytosis BT
increased Neutrophils w/ shift to left ↑ Reticulocytes ↑ MCHC NORMAL MCV Thrombocytes Normo/ Giant Platelets Macrocytic
Hereditary Spherocytosis treatment
Spleenectomy
*** Occurs from a SUBSTITUTION of VALINE for Glutamine at the 6 th Postion on Beta Chain
IRREVERSABLE
↓
O 2
Sickle Cell Disease
Problem w/ Bone Marrow Hyperplasia
(
ulcer in leg)
Sickle cell disease
sickle cell disease PP
African American decent swelling in dorsum of hand & foot Decreased O2 Periostitis
sickle cell disease S&S
Normo–cytic & chromic
Periostitis(before age 4) &
hand& feet syndrome (swelling on dorsal side)
Spleen Triad
1) blood pooling
2) spleenomegaly & hypovolemic shoke
3) Functional Asplenia ( blocked RE filters)
Sickle cell Blood test
Howard Jolly Bodies (remnants of chromatin of RBC) Target Cells Sickle Cells Tripanocytes
Problem not making on polypeptide chain at the same rate as the other ***MC are Alpha & Beta chains Destabilizes the RBC
Thalassemia
aka [Medditeranean, Cooley’s Anemia]
Thalassemia PP
European decent
Delayed puberty
prominent jaw
mongoloid appearance
Thalassemia Blood Test
Extreme Poikilocytes Howard Jolly Bodies ↓ MCV Microcytic Hypochromic Ovalcytes Target Cells
**Beta Major thalassemia
Iron overload
Jaundice
Leg ulceration
Splenomegaly
thalassemia treatments
Minor
(none needed)
Major
(blood transfusion, splenoectomy)
Metabolic Hemolysis
deficit in enzyme activity of RBC
Inherited
Metabolic Hemolysis lack of
Lacking: pyruvate kinase glycolytic enzymes mitochondria G6P Dehydrogenase Pyramidine 5 Nucleotidase
(group of diseases that cuase cancer in Lymphnodes)
usually B &T cells
NonHodgkin’s
Lymphoma
NonHodgkin’s
Lymphoma S&S
- Slow progressive
- Painless Lymphoadenopathy (pathological lymphnodes)
- one or widespread
- Night Sweats
- Located retroperitoneal, pelvic, abdominal areas
- seen on Xray (dense white masses)
- further tested by CT & Xrays
- Mediastinal (behind sternum)
- Edemain the Face
- ureteralblockages (oliguria)
- anemia (bone marrow infiltration)
NonHodgkin’s
Lymphoma lab study
Normal
diagnosis for non hodgkin’s
chest X-ray
- **Greatest Age risk (15-35yrs)
* **painless mass in neck
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
ReedSternberg
Cells in lab tests
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma PP
painless mass in neck (made painful by alcohol consumption)
Intense itching over the body
difficulty swallowing
Hodgkin’s S&S
**Ivory Vertebra
**Spinal Cord Compression
***Horner’s syndrome
leg edema
tracheal blockage
arises in one node, then metastasis
leukemia Chronic vs acute
chronic- normocytic normochomic
acute- pancytopenia, circulating leukoblasts
CLL
90% >50 years old
incidental discovery
isolated lymphocytes
malignancy of B lymphocytes
CML
young middle aged adults
ALL
80% of all childhood leukemia
3-7 y/o
quick onset
lymph swelling
AML
few months old or 60+ years
Bone marrow swelling