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Patho Test2
Blood Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anemias | Disease that affects hemoglobin levels |
| Leukemias | Cancer of the marrow (Increased blasts, decreased normal cells, determined by blast type) |
| Polycythemias | Increased RBC count (Idiopathic, or compensation for another disease) |
| Pancytopenia | Lacking normal/mature blood cells |
| Erythrocytopenia | Lacking RBCs (Bruise) |
| Leukopenia | Lacking WBCs (sick) |
| Thrombocytopenia | Lacking Platelets (Anemia) |
| Hemophilias | Diseases that affect clotting factors |
| Thallasemias | Affect 'globin' production |
| AML (acute myeloblastic) | Increased Granulocyte blasts (middle age, men) |
| ALL (acute lymphoblastic) | Increased Lymphocyte blasts (children) |
| CML (Chronic myeloblastic) | Due to abnormal chromosome (philadelphia, middle aged) |
| CLL (Chronic lymphoblastic) | Associated with the elderly |