Hydroxyurea is a medication that is currently being used in adults and children with severe pain from sickle cell anemia. It is also considered for those with recurrent strokes and frequent transfusions. This drug acts by increasing the amount of fetal hemoglobin in the blood (this form of hemo...
In adults, this is often a chronic (long-standing) condition, whereas, in children, it can be caused acutely after a viral infection. This is usually a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning other causes need to be ruled out. Some rheumatologic conditions, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
Aplastic anemiahappens when you don’t have enough stem cells or have none at all. You might get aplastic anemia because of your genes or because your bone marrow was injured by medications, radiation, chemotherapy, or infection. Other conditions that commonly affect the bone marrow include multi...
Aplastic anemiahappens when you don’t have enough stem cells or have none at all. You might get aplastic anemia because of your genes or because your bone marrow was injured by medications, radiation, chemotherapy, or infection. Other conditions that commonly affect the bone marrow include multi...
Sarcoidosis (collections of inflammatory cells in the body) Specific causes of a low white blood cell count include: Aplastic anemia Chemotherapy HIV/AIDS Hypersplenism (an abnormality of the spleen causing blood cell destruction) Kostmann's syndrome (a congenital disorder involving low production of...
Suo M, Wen D, Wang W, Zhang T (2020) Comparative study on hemoglobin A1c, glycated albumin and glycosylated serum protein in aplastic anemia patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Biosci Rep 40(5):BSR20192300. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20192300 Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google ...
Destruction of red bone marrow due to radiation results in ___. (a) hemorrhagic anemia (b) aplastic anemia (c) megaloblastic anemia (d) pernicious anemia (e) iron deficiency anemia. Determine whether the following symptom is associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism: Lethargy. What is t...
High C-reactive protein levels, an indicator of inflammation, in men Obesity in men and women Smoking in men Research and Statistics: Who Has Ankylosing Spondylitis? Data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) estimated that up to 1 percent of adults in the ...
diagnosis from a medical professional before acting upon any symptoms. If the diagnosis is for a child parents should consult with their child�s teacher. They are in a unique position to monitor a child in a school setting seeing their interaction with other children, adults, and with ...
William P. Murphy was an American physician who with George R. Minot in 1926 reported success in the treatment of pernicious anemia with a liver diet. The two men shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George H. Whipple, whose res