Anemia Many people link unhealthy living to topics such as obesity and cardio vascular disease but what they do not know is an unhealthy lifestyle can cause blood conditions as well. Anemia is the most common blood condition in the US it affects about 3.5 million Americans (medweb). It is an illness that occurs when blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that gives blood its red color (Geretsen). This protein helps red blood cells carry
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Cell Phones Dear Mr President (AKA RICHARD KELLY GAGE lll) The school systems in America today are riddled with violence. If students’ didn’t have technology such as phones they would not be able to contact their parents in a state of emergency such as shootings‚ injures‚ or bombings. this policy of taking students’ phones away at the start of the day and giving them back at the end of the day should not be put into effect. The policy could possibly cause students to be put into harmful situations
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Concept Map: Sickle Cell Disease October 8‚ 2010 Duke University School of Nursing Introduction My client‚ known as 20SE03‚ is a four year old preschooler that lives in a two-parent household along with his younger one year old sister. His family has recently moved to North Carolina where he was recently presented with new onset of seizures and status post cerebral vascular accident (CVA). He has a history of sickle cell disease‚ ulcerative colitis‚ acute chest syndrome‚ and asthma
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Many of my peer’s excursions will start when they head to college or withdraw from their parent’s house; My journey started when I went through Stem-Cell Transplant for Sickle cell disease. Never would I have thought that I would be writing my college essay in a hospital bed‚ Sitting in the same room that ruined me just to relieve me of the crippling demon that followed me since birth. Overwhelming emotions held my heart hostage for seven months‚ but today they finally get released. From a young
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Persuasive Essay—Cell phones and driving Suzy Campbell Title Balancing my coffee on my left leg‚ eating a donut with my right hand‚ using my cell phone with my left hand‚ driving with my right knee and having a conversation with a friend at the same time are surprisingly enough all legal‚ as long as they don’t interfere with my driving. While all these distractions can potentially interfere with my driving‚ the one most people often notice is the use of cell phones. Although using cell phones
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Anemia in the United States: the prevalence and treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia‚ Pernicious Anemia‚ Fanconi anemia‚ Sickle Cell anemia‚ and Thalassemia in the United States Abstract This paper will look to compare 5 different types of anemia their evolution‚ the most heavily affected population and their mortality rates. Anemia is the most common blood disorder currently affecting more than 3 million Americans and over 2 billion people globally. Although many cases of anemia are mild‚ it can
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Jubelle Manalo Persuasive Essay Journal #9 Dear Principal‚ Technologies are getting high-tech. Everyone wants to have the latest gadgets like cell phones. As cell phones improved‚ more features are added that causes some problems to some school systems. Allowing students to have their phone in school has been debated over the years. Many school systems have adopted a policy that bans cell phones on school ground in which I support. Cell phones can interrupt class discussions. For instance
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Persuasive Speech Earlier this year a man was diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma. A cancer that is more common in females than in males. Though a very common cancer‚ this one went untreated for years due to the fact that it was unknown that he even had it. Now you may be asking yourself‚ did the man do anything to cause the cancer? The answer to that is no‚ the man up until then lived a relatively healthy life. Cancer effects all of us is some way shape or form. You may know someone
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Anemia (ah-NEE-mee-ah) is a medical condition that occurs when a person does not have enough red blood cells. Red blood cells are important because they contain hemoglobin‚ a protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body’s muscles and organs. The body requires oxygen for energy. Therefore‚ when you are anemic‚ you may feel tired mentally and physically. Symptoms of anemia include:7‚8‚9‚10 · Fatigue · Weakness · Shortness of breath · Dizziness or fainting · Pale skin‚ including decreased
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Megaloblastic anemias Definition: groups of anemias characterized by macrocytosis (in the peripheral blood) and megaloblastic changes in the bone marrow. The megaloblasts are large blasts – bone marrow. In periphery= macrocytosis= macrocytic anemia Cause: IMPAIRED DNA SYNTHESIS due to folate/ B12 deficiency Vitamin B12 is involved in the synthesis of methionine from homocysteine;methionine is necessary for the synthesis of myeline; B12 deficiency will explain the neurological manifestation
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