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| anemia |
not enough RBC |
| hemorrhagic |
rapid blood loss |
| hemolytic |
rupture of RBC due to infections or mis-match blood during transfusion |
| aplastic |
distruction of bone marrow cells by drugs, toxins, radiation |
| iron deficiency |
can result from hemorrhage or low iron intake |
| athletes anemia |
rapid expansion of blood volumn therefore low cell count |
| pernicious anemia |
lack of intrinsic factor leads to deficiency of vit B-12 |
| thalassemia |
absence of globulin chains or depressed synthesis of globulin chains, which cause RBC's to be thin |
| sickle-cell |
abnormal hemoglobin affects RBC shape |
| porphyria |
warewolves, vampires, inherited, lack of heme, OR exzyme for heme production lacking OR sunlite aggravates porphyrins |
| polycythemia |
excess RBC's |
| polycythemia vera |
excessive RBC production due to bone marrow cancer |
| secondary polycythemia |
overproduction due to RBC increase/decrease in 0 2 |
| blood doping |
artifically induced. take out RBCs and put them back in just prior to sporting event |
| leukopenia |
low WBC count induced by drugs (ie anticancer drugs) |
| leukemia |
blood cell cancer. overproduction |
| epstein-barr |
infectious mono; cantagious viral disease; excessive #' of agranulocytes |
| thrombocytopenia |
platelet deficiency causing spontaneous bleeding. fewer than 50M platets per cc3. |
| hemophilia AKA bleeders disease |
TYPE A: lack of factor VIII (AHF-antihemolytic factor) TYPE B: lack of factor IX (christmas factor) both forms are sex linked traits |
| Thrombus |
clot formation thta occurs when clots form in unbroken vessels |
| embolus (plural+emboli) |
when a clot breaks loose and travels |
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