Anemia Essay

Anemias are one of the most common types of blood disorders in the world and can be generally classified as a decreased amount of red blood cells/hemoglobin contained in the blood stream.2 There is more than one type of anemia and they can be classified into Microcytic, Normocytic, and Macrocytic Anemias. Microcytic is usually caused by a deficit of iron in the blood, Normocytic could be due to hemolysis or acute blood loss, and Macrocytic is caused by B12 or Folate deficiency.1,2 Although these…

During this time, many doctors were trying to cure a disease call pernicious anemia. It is a disease that is caused by a deficiency. People with this disease have unnaturally yellow skin because they don’t produce enough red blood cells, prematurely gray hair, walk unsteadily, are short of breath, endure chronically swollen tongues, and suffer from numbness in their hands and feet. The new wave of research began after World War I, and doctors now took advantage of scientific method and new…

Menorrhagia: A Cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia Ms. A., a 26-year-old Caucasian female, presents to the emergency clinic with complaints of feeling light-headed while playing in a golf tournament on a mountainous course. She also reports having increased shortness of breath and decreased energy as well as low enthusiasm. Ms. A. reports a history of menorrhagia and dysmenorrheal for the last 10-12 years and for 6 days during her menstrual cycle she takes 1gm of aspirin every 3 to 4 hours. She…

Introduction Anemia: A hemoglobin (Hb) concentration 2 SDs below the mean Hb concentration for a normal population of the same gender and age range. as defined by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, and United Nations University (Van Vranken ; 2010 .( Causes of anemia are many, but with a thorough clinical information and laboratory evaluation, a specific diagnosis can usually be established. The use of the mean red cell volume (MCV) is a standard diagnostic…

Aeydan C. was born on 10/03/2011. He was born with a heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. He lives at home with his mother and father with two dogs in a two-floor house.Aeydan's bedroom is located on the second floor with about 14 steps( parents was unsure of the number). He spends the majority of his time in his playroom located in the basement. He wears a medical bracelet on his wrist indicating his heart condition.The parents reported a healthy pregnancy with no…

According to the National Institute of Health, fatigue is the most common symptom of every type of anemia. The fatigue is caused by a decrease in red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Other anemia symptoms due to decreased oxygen carrying capacity are: shortness of breath, dizziness, headache, coldness in hands and feet, pale skin, and chest pain ("What Is Iron-Deficiency Anemia?," 2014). The erythrocytopenia causes the heart to exert more effort to pump oxygen rich blood to the…

depression begin to show, requiring a physician to diagnose the symptoms in question. Pernicious anemia is this very condition, defined as a lower than usual number of red blood cells due to a deficiency in Vitamin B12, which functions to produce red blood cells needed to transport valuable nutrients to other tissues throughout the body. What is one of the most common ways to develop a pernicious anemia besides simply not consuming the recommended 2.4 micrograms per day for older adults? Vitamin…

savior sibling is the selection of an embryo that can be used as a potential source of donor organs or cells for an older brother or sister with a life-threatening medical condition. These medical conditions mostly consist of cancer or Fanconi anemia. Fanconi anemia is a condition that affects many parts of the body, mostly bone marrow. This topic first became popular after Jodi Picoult’s novel, My Sister’s Keeper, was published in 2004. The novel is about a 10-year-old girl who sues her parents…

Anemia in SCD patients can be caused by problems with the spleen known as splenic sequestration crisis and aplastic crisis. In splenic sequestration crisis the red blood cells become stuck in the spleen making it enlarge rapidly. Because these cells are trapped, there are fewer cells to circulate through the blood, resulting in anemia. Aplastic crisis occurs when a common infection known as Parvovirus B19 is caught. Parvovirus is a common infection in childhood also known as fifths disease, a…

Anemia is a well-known condition that affects thousands of people in the United States. Statistics show that in the United States there are about 237,000 visits to local hospitals every year with anemia being the diagnosis. Statistics also show that there are approximately 4,894 deaths in the United States every year due to anemia. Anemia is a condition in which you lack red blood cells that carry oxygen to the body's tissues. Anemia can be a short term disease or it can be a long term disease…