Assignment: Blood Disorders There are many blood disorders and some we cause ourselves‚ some are genetic and are caused even before we are born. A person can be affected with blood disorder at any time in life‚ lifestyle‚ family history and some symptoms are always in which blood disorders are identified. Then we have our environmental issues also can cause blood disorders‚ it is very important to know what we are dealing with and how to prevent measures that will help us avoid any of the self
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Heng Wang Section: 655 Speech date: Feb 29th‚ 2013 Specific Purpose: this speech is aimed to persuade the audience to accept the donation of blood and be willing to donate blood for times Proposition: Blood donation is safe‚ and can save many people’s life. People should donate blood regularly. Audience Type: neutral I. Attention-getter: It is a true story about my friend. I was in a club of ski in China and one of my friends in that club called Totem‚ he is more skillful than me and
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Issue study - blood doping Blood doping is generally known for the increased of hemoglobin throughout the bloodstream. This basically means that there is more oxygen carrying protein in the blood. Blood doping has three different types‚ Injections of Erythropoietin (EPO)‚ Blood transfusions and injections of synesthetic oxygen carriers. The athletes who blood dope are usually the ones who compete in endurance and long distance events. Competitors who blood dope believe this is best way they can
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The Misunderstood Option of Cord Blood Banking Despite the benefits of using umbilical cord blood stem cells for transplant‚ the process also has some disadvantages. Today‚ more than 20 years after the first successful umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant‚ more families are seeking information about whether or not to invest in saving their newborn’s umbilical cord blood. Cord blood banking is not a routine procedure you have to choose and plan ahead of time‚ usually in second trimester of
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Tell Me About Blood 1.) What is the significance of lower-than-normal hematocrit? Lower-than-normal hematocrit indicates anemia. People with anemia do not have enough hemoglobin‚ which is the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. Iron‚ B12‚ and folic acid deficiencies‚ some medications‚ and pregnancy can cause anemia. There are also more serious causes such as problems with the immune system that cause destruction of red blood cells earlier than normal‚ chronic diseases including
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incompatibility between mother and fetus in Rh blood type. 4. What are antigens and antibodies? How do they interact to cause a transfusion reaction? * An antigen is a molecule that sometimes stimulates an immune response. An antibody is a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antigens are what causes a person to need a transfusion because their body is resisting their own blood. Antibodies are what accept the new blood to use as their own. 5. What can cause
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In the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)‚ producer Stacy Peralta documents the beginnings of the most violent gangs known in America‚ The Crips and The Bloods. He outlined the many external factors that turned the African-American youth of South Central Los Angeles‚ California into a world of bloodshed and death from the 1950’s through 2000. Although South Central was not segregated as was in the South US during this time period‚ there was an understood segregation within the community
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10/7/12 Blood Doping Blood doping is the altering of the number of RBC’s (red blood cells) to increase the flow of oxygen by a series of techniques. Mostly used by athletes. The most common way is taking out about two pints of the athlete’s blood a few weeks before the competition they are competing in. The blood is frozen until a couple days before it is needed‚ thawed out‚ and then injected back into the athlete. This method is known as autologous doping (transfusion of blood from same person)
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Topic: Donate Blood. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate blood regularly. Visual Aid: PowerPoint / Blood Donation Advertisement. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Step: A. Attention Getter: Are you at least 17 year old? Do you weight more than 50kg? Do you fairly healthy? If your answer is yes‚ you should donate blood every two months. According to the report in Arab Times newspaper Kuwait is in need of 250 blood donors every day‚ and the demand is likely grow to 400 in the next five
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plays a crucial role in pumping blood‚ nutrients‚ and respiratory gases throughout the body. Blood pressure is the force that pushes blood against the blood vessel walls and delivers these essential elements to the body. The highest pressure is when the artery is maximally stretched and is recorded as the systolic pressure. The lowest pressure occurs when the artery recoils and is relaxed is known as the diastolic pressure. Mean arterial pressure is the average blood pressure and is an indicator on
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