HSC 4555 Lecture Notes - Polycythemia, Viscosity, Folic Acid

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17 May 2023
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Anemia a group of disorders characterized by a deficit of red blood cells. Relative anemia normal total red cell mass with disturbances in regulation of plasma volume. Absolute anemia actual decrease in numbers of red cells. Chronic: in -creased destruction (hemolytic, de -creased production. * a good definition would be a decrease in oxygen carrying capacity , rather than just a decrease in red blood cells, because you need to have enough blood cells that function , and not just enough blood cells. Causes of decreased production of rbc"s working to full capacity, not enough rbc"s are made. Bone marrow is the factory for rbc"s if the factory is broken or not. The kidneys produce erythropoietin , which stimulates the manufacture and maturation of rbc"s in the bone marrow. They send orders to the bone marrow factory. Without orders the factory cannot produce its product. the factory to make its product. Iron, b12, and folate are building materials required by.

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