In Bram Stoker‘s novel, Dracula (1897), during the early stages of Lucy Westenra‘s illness, Dr. John Seward hypothesized that possibly she was suffering from anemia. He later concluded that she was not suffering from the loss of red blood cells, but from the loss of whole blood. Dr....
Self-reported acute febrile illness, malaria and anemia among pregnant women in communities surrounding the Lagoon of Lagos, South-west Nigeria.Background: Maternal febrile illness is often linked with undesirable adverse consequences of pregnancy and of fetal development. Objective: The objective of ...
In very advanced cases, swelling of the ankles and other evidence of heart failure may appear. Common Causes of Anemia. Loss of Blood (Hemorrhagic Anemia): If there is massive bleeding from a wound or other lesion, the body may lose enough blood to cause severe and acute anemia, which is...
the underlying illness and the therapies provided influence red cell mass andplasma volume. In addition, despite the publication ofrandomized controlled trialsof transfusion strategies and guidelines for transfusion8, variation in practice inevitably will still exist. Such variation will influence ...
1. a lack of blood in the body. 2. a low proportion of red cells in the blood. —anemic, anaemic,adj. See also:Disease and Illness -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: ...
Background/Objectives: Anemia during acute inflammation is not well described in the literature. We aimed to study whether patients develop a transient hemoglobin decrease during an acute attack of recurrent pericarditis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with recurrent pericarditis. The primary...
This typically causes macrocytic anemia (large red blood cell volume). Vitamin B12, along with folate, is involved in making the heme molecule that is an integral part of hemoglobin. Folate deficiency can be the culprit of anemia as well. This may also be caused by inadequate absorption, unde...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Fanconi's anemia Dictionary Thesaurus Medical Wikipedia [′fäŋ· kō·nēz ə′nē·myə] (medicine) An infantile anemia that resembles pernicious anemia; related to excessive chromosomal breakage and associated...
(0.5%–1% of the general population) and iron deficiency anemia refractory to oral supplementation is the initial symptom16; (3) anemia of chronic disease, a hypoproliferative anemia that develops in response to systemic illness or inflammation17; and (4) anemia in chronic kidney disease, due ...
Although the history of the illness in a newly diagnosed patient is typically short—in the range of months—some patients may recall a long history of bruisability, anemia, and low blood-cell counts reported to them by previous physicians during routine examinations. These patients can have a ...