An inherited blood disorder, thalassemia, is recognized by minimal red blood cell production and smaller amounts of hemoglobin than one normally has in the body. With this reduced amount of hemoglobin and red blood cells, oxygen cannot be carried through the body properly. These two factors eventually leave a sufferer exhausted and worn out, creating […]
Anemia is a common symptom of many different diseases and conditions. The anemia is not a disease or illness itself but rather an indication of an underlying medical condition. For the most part, anemia is discovered during a routine physical examination. However, individuals are sometimes able to recognize the signs and symptoms of anemia at
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Without our blood cells we are more apt to have infections, bleed more readily and tire more easily. A person with a rare condition known as aplastic anemia or hypoplastic anemia experiences all of those symptoms because their bodies stop producing any new blood cells. Although everyone can be at risk for aplastic anemia, it
Healthy red blood cells are necessary to distribute oxygen. Sickle cell anemia, an inherited condition, makes the red blood cells firm and malformed into a sickle shap. Normally flexible and round, a patient who suffers from sickle cell anemia will have red blood cells that are shaped in the form of a crescent moon. Due
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Sickle cell disease is a common hereditary blood disease almost exclusively among people of black African descent. Recent statistics estimate that 3 in 1,000 live births will have sickle cell disease. Severe disease will affect more than 50,000 black Americans. (1) The first accounting of sickle cell disease that has been documented was in the
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