NUTR 513 Lecture 2: Chapter 3.docx
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Introduction: blood consists of plasma, blood cells, and platelets, disease occurs when there are too few, too many, or dysfunctional blood components. Infectious mononucleosis: aka mono or kissing disease ii. Incubation process: 4-6 weeks: caused by the epstein-barr virus (ebv, commonly encountered virus of the herpes family v. Splenomegaly: a staging system is used to grade the severity (classical. Indolent (slow-growing: arise from either b cells or t cells, similar in its clinical manifestations, staging, and treatment as. Hodgkin"s lymphoma: differences lie in the spread and diagnoses of the disease, no reed-sternberg cells. Involves multiple nodes scattered throughout the body and metastasizes in an unorganized manner: no reed-sternberg cells, more difficult to treat j. Down syndrome) and immunodeficiency disorders: four most common types, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all): affects primarily children, No cure: clinical manifestations, anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, decreased bone density, bone pain, hypercalcemia, renal impairment.
