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    this lab is to understand how various ailments‚ locations‚ and blood types can affect blood analysis. Hypothesis Hypothesis- Activity 1: In higher demographic elevation hematocrit levels would be higher. Also‚ in blood samples with aplastic anemia and iron deficiency hematocrit levels would show to be lower than the average: 47% for males and 42% for women. Hypothesis- Activity 2: I anticipate that other than the healthy individual all remaining blood samples will have high sedimentation

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    and in a normal‚ healthy female it is 42%. A person with a lower than normal hematocrit would indicate they are anemic‚ and a higher than normal hematocrit would indicate polycythemia. “Anemia is a condition in which insufficient oxygen is transported to the body’s cells. There are many possible causes for anemia‚ including inadequare numbers of red blood cells‚ decreased amount of the oxygen-carrying pigment hemoglobin‚ and abnormal hemoglobin. Polycythemia refers to a significant increase in red

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    receiving immunosuppressive drugs. (Young‚ 1996) Many immunocompromised patients are not capable of producing neutralizing antibodies to eliminate or clear the virus and this can result in persistent or chronic infection and consequently lead to anemia (Kurtzman et al.‚ 1989a; Young‚ 1996) ̓ .

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    Cell Anemia is a hereditary disease that changes the smallest and most important components of the body. A gene causes the bone marrow in the body to make sickled shapes‚ when this happens; it causes the red blood cell to die faster. This is what causes Hemolytic Anemia. Older children and adults with sickle cell disease may experience a few complications‚ or have a pattern of ongoing problems that shorten their lives. The most common and serious complications of sickle cell disease are anemia‚ pain

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    popular literature as our primary medium of diversion” (Reed‚ 2015‚ 45). Vonnegut portrays socialism and communism in “Harrison Bergeron” in order to discuss equality. “The equality of outcome satirized in ‘Harrison Bergeron’ is darker and more pernicious than socialism‚ or over-zealous egalitarianism‚ or even the free market” (Reed‚ 2015). It is a satire of misconstruction of quality and civil rights. One of the reasons Vonnegut wants to overthrow the amendments and the government is because of

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    TO STIMULATE RBC PRODUCTION 8. List the following values from Chart 1: Hematocrit value for male with aplastic anemia = 32 & WBC for male with aplastic anemia = 1% 9. Were the values listed in question 8 within the normal range? Why or why not? 1-4 WAS NORMAL BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. #5 IS VERY LOW BECAUSE THE PERSON HAS APLASTIC ANEMIA AND THEIR BONE MARROW IS UNABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH RBC. #6 IS NOT NORMAL BECAUSE IT’S FROM AN ANEMIC PERSON AND THEIR BODY CAN’T

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    Lesson 10‚ #3. List and describe several common risk factors for developing osteoporosis. Describe the key behaviors of someone trying to limit their risk of developing osteoporosis. Everywhere we turn these days we see celebrities that are on TV promoting various types of medication for one ailment or another. One of the commercials that plays quite often these days is with Sally Field telling women about medication to help prevent osteoporosis. While I don’t care for celebrities hawking medication

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    Why do you think that it has this effect? Hint: Sickle cell anemia alters the shape of red blood cells. The hemoglobin takes on an irregular shape that alters the shape of the red blood cells. They change from round (which is normal)‚ to a shape of a doughnut‚ to the extended shape of a sickle. Sickle cells are

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    Sickle Cell Disease 11/17/14 This research informs the reader about Sickle cell disease. The goal is to raise awareness by describing what the disease is and where it originated. It gives advice on how to recognize signs in a crisis and how to help prevent any further symptoms. This focus uses facts from medical websites such as Web MD and Mayo Clinic. This research highlights every thing there is to know about sickle cell disease through detailed descriptions of where it comes from

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    What is it? Sickle cell anemia is a type of blood disorder that can be inherited from parents. This is when red blood cells that are meant to carry oxygen around the body become deformed. Normal red blood cells are round and disc shaped‚ however‚ when they become sickle red blood cells‚ the deform and change shape into a crescent-like shape or sickle shape. The sickle cells have a shorter life-span than a healthy red blood cell and are not replaced as quickly as normal; this leads to a shortage

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