PHGY 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chronic Lung Disease, Jaundice, Polycythemia
14 Nov 2016
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Broken up into hb (which breaks up into globin globin goes into aa pool; Fe transferrin carries this (in form of ferritin) into storage; bilirubin which gives plasma yellow color. High bilirubin levels => jaundice (yellowish appearance of the skin) Causes: excessive hemolysis (too much destruction of rbcs); (too much destruction of rbcs); or, bile duct obstruction (so bilirubin can"t go from liver to intestine!) But, if production > destruction => polycythemia (too. If production < destruction => anemia (not enough. Normochromic; hypochromic (pertaining to hb content) no hyperchromic: cannot have. Due to inadequate raw materials; abnormal site; abnormal stimulus. Aplastic (hypoplastic) anemia (normocytic, normochromic) caused by bad bone marrow; decreased production of all blood cells. Due to deficiencies of vitamin b12 & folic. We don"t need a lot, but vegans who don"t intake any animal products are at risk of. Failure to survive (increased destruction) i. e. hemolytic anemia -- may be accompanied by jaundice (yellowish skin)
