HEMATOLOGY REVIEWER ANEMIA Anemia: decrease in the number of RBCs‚ Hb content‚ or Hct content below the lower limit of the normal range for the age and sex of the individual Pediatric Anemia A. Hemolytic Anemia: there is premature destruction of RBCs 1. Hereditary Spherocytosis: most common inherited abnormality of RBC membrane; defect in ankyrin‚ band 3 or spectrin proteins surface area deficiency leading to spherocytosis 2. Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency: defect in PKLR gene PK cannot convert phosphoenolpyruvate
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Johnson Mrs Saltsburg Human Anatomy 4-07-2013 Skeletal Disorders Leukemia: The condition of leukemia is when your bone marrow starts making abnormal white blood cells. Some of the symptoms include fever‚ headaches‚ joint pain‚ swollen spleen‚ and losing weight. To be diagnosed with leukemia‚ your white blood cells would be a high level and all the other blood cell levels would be lower then normal. The treatment for leukemia is chemotherapy( which uses medicine to kill the cancerous cells in the
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Contents Oncogene An oncogene is a kind of abnormal gene that predisposes cells to develop into cancers. Unlike normal genes‚ which can be turned off after being turned on‚ oncogenes are altered in a way that keeps them stuck in a state of constant activity. That uninterrupted action helps drive the uncontrolled growth that underlies tumors. Oncogenes can be turned on by inherited changes - ones that are passed down from parent to child - or by cancer-promoting agents that
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is a condition characterized by an accumulation of abnormal lymphocytes (a type of white blood cells)‚ in the blood and bone marrow. Hepatitis C is another type of cancer that will be affecting primarily the liver. There is not a cure for either of these diseases but the chances of survival have improved greatly over the years. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are both forms of cancer so you cannot treat one without worsening the damage of the
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respect to the educational environment‚ that: (i) is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma‚ attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ diabetes‚ epilepsy‚ a heart condition‚ hemophilia‚ lead poisoning‚ leukemia‚ nephritis‚ rheumatic fever‚ and sickle cell anemia; and 28 These students are unable to function physically and/or academically with peers of the same age and grade expectancy level. They require the provision of specialized instructional services
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with leukemia‚ and 0.8 per 100‚000 died from it. In 2005 2.9 of every 100‚000 people 0-19 years of age were found to have cancer of the brain or central nervous system‚ and 0.7 per 100‚000 died from it.These cancer were found most often in children between 1 and 4 of age‚ but the most deaths occured among those aged 5-9. Alijah’s Story: Surviving Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) Alijah was a two year old who was diagnoised with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Acute lymphocytic Leukemia is a
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doctor told her that she had Leukemia. She can’t believe it‚ that means that she has to stay in the hospital and can’t join the track team. The first couple day in the hospital was hard her sister reminded her story of the paper cranes. In that story if a sick people fold a thousand paper cranes‚ then the god will grain they wish and make they healthy again. She started to fold them and everyone she folded she feels a bit better. One day she met Kenji‚ who has Leukemia also. Kenji knew he is going
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contains more than 40 different chemicals that have been federally categorized as dangerous (12). One of the most common and perhaps‚ most dangerous‚ is formaldehyde- the main ingredient in the embalming recipe- which is a harmful carcinogen‚ causes leukemia‚ and can even lead to ALS. It was in 1981 that the NTP (National Toxicology Program) first listed formaldehyde as ‘reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen’ and in 2011‚ was upgraded to being a ‘known carcinogen’ (1). This classification
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deaths in the world. Smokers also have a significantly higher risk of developing: Bladder cancer Kidney cancer Cancers of the pharynx and larynx (throat cancer) Mouth cancer Esophagus cancer Cancer of the pancreas Stomach cancer Some types of leukemia Cancer of the nose and sinuses Cervical cancer Bowel cancer Ovarian cancer In some cases‚ also breast cancer Why Is Smoking Bad For You? Smoking is responsible for several diseases‚ such as cancer‚ long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases
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The role MHC class II plays on the immune system is that some of its genes code for proteins that will be expressed on the surface of the immune system cells. Peptides which are protein fragments outside the cells will allow these proteins to be attached to them‚ if these proteins are recognised by the immune system as foreign (such as viral and bacterial) the MHC will send a signal to the immune system to trigger an immune response against the invading bacteria or virus. The HLA class I and class
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