mutated red blood cells‚ sickle-cell disease‚ influences an individual’s childhood in multiple ways: cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ and physical development. Sickle-cell disease (SCD) refers to an inherited disorder where abnormal hemoglobin is present in one’s red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. The deformed sickle hemoglobin in people with SCD can form stiff rods that are not flexible and could cause blockage of blood flow.
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this debilitating blood disorder. SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY In the pursuit of influencing outcomes‚ including public policy and resource allocation decisions within political‚ economic and social systems and institutions that directly affect people’s current lives. I have chosen a medical issue that needs a different approach in the way of change to be brought to society in a form of social injustice advocacy. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United
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inherited red blood cell disorders‚ or a collection of recessive genetic disorders characterized by a hemoglobin variant called Hb S. Normal red blood cells are round like doughnuts‚ and they move through small blood tubes in the body to deliver oxygen. Sickle red blood cells become hard‚ sticky and shaped like sickles used to cut wheat. When these hard and pointed red cells go through the small blood tube‚ they clog the flow and break apart. This can cause pain‚ damage and a low blood count‚ or anemia
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Conclusion 1 Based on what you know about blood‚ why would having a sickle cell anemia crisis result in a reduced red blood cell count‚ an elevated white blood cell count‚ and a reduced hematocrit? There’s a reduced RBC count‚ elevated WBC count‚ and a reduced hematocrit because of the shape of the RBC. The sickle cell anemia causes the RBC to have a different shape; a crescent and rigid shape and there are not a lot of them. So because of that‚ there’s more WBC and a reduced hematocrit. Also‚ the
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a trait due to a change in ONE nucleotide in the DNA sequence that leads to a change in ONE amino acid that changes how the hemoglobin protein folds. This change in the structure of the hemoglobin protein leads to a change in the shape of the red blood cell to a sickle shape. Sickle-cell anemia is caused by a point mutation in the B-globin chain of hemoglobin‚ replacing the amino acid glutamic acid with the less polar amino acid valine at the sixth position of the B chain.
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Marijuana should be Legal Medical scientists and doctors in some countries have discovered that marijuana‚ an illegal drug and cannot be purchased even with a doctor’s prescription at a pharmacy. According to a national household survey (Rosenthal 2004) more than 800‚000 marijuana users are arrested each year. However‚ propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate as marijuana has the potential to solve many problems if it were to be legalized
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One of the first things that people notice about each other is the hair‚ skin‚ and nails because they make up our appearance. When we become older‚ our skin tends to get wrinkly‚ our hair tends to thin and turn gray‚ and our nails may become yellowish and be brittle. The skin is the largest organ in the body. But‚ why does this all happen? Our body tends not to function as well as it had in the past. Because our bodies do not function as well‚ it can lead to chronic conditions from that may have
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Price • Myoview- $325/vial • Cardiolite $350/vial • Myoview and Cardiolite are the only two options available‚ making it an oligopoly. Price competition is not desirable because it would lead to reduced revenue for both producers • According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiolite demonstrates greater myocardial perfusion defect‚ reversibility‚ extent and severity then Myoview. • This may explain why Cardiolite is $25 more than Myoview • Other gamma ray emitting radionuclides
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Assessment for outcome 4 Investigation report on HIV‚ Hepatitis B and C organisations. • A description of two available resources for those affected by HIV or Hepatitis B or C. One local and one national. - The local resource I researches is Waverly Care‚ this charity provides care and support to people living with HIV and Hepatitis C‚ and also to their partner‚ families and carers. As a big part of their work they do their best to raise awareness of these conditions and their prevention. They
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