Blood serves as the body transport system; blood carries oxygen to the lungs and cells throughout the body. It takes carbon dioxide or toxins from out the body. The components of the blood fight off different diseases by recognizing engulfing microorganisms and molecules from overseas that doctors found in the blood. The other components support the transports through the kidneys, hormones in the body, and the digestive system to help pass the nutrients through the body.
The first scenario is a four-year-old little girl name, Lily. The patient is a Caucasian female who has symptoms of a blood disorder called (“Zelman, M. Ph.D., Tompary, E., Raymond, J. Ph. D., Holdaway, P. MA, & Mulvihill, M.L. Ph.D”, 2010) “Iron Deficiency”. Lily mother is
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The name of this patient is Davon; he is a five-year-old African-American male whom just moved from Chicago. The patient was visiting his pediatrician for a physical to enter kindergarten. The patient mother gave her history about confirming that she has the sickle cell trait and would like to know if her son is also a carrier for sickle cell. ("Sickle Cell Disease", 2015) “Sickle cell trait inherited from both hemoglobin A and S, in the red blood cells”. Those with this disease are still capable of having a healthy life. For instance, if one parent has sickle cell trait, and the other parent does not will only lead to the child having sickle cell trait or nothing. If both parents have the trait, then the child will genetically develop sickle cell disease inside the mother’s womb. Sickle cell trait is a transmitted disease that travels through the red blood cells. The symptoms of sickle cell trait is that when the skin gets pale, always cold, or even tired then that is a sign of having this disease. The patient cannot prevent this disease, due to this is something that is passed on from the womb and birth. Daily doses of penicillin can control the infection; on the other hand, it is not preventable. The only way to make sure that it does not get worse is the person must eat foods with high iron and even …show more content…
The patient has noted that over the past several weeks that he discovered more bruises or even ecchymosis all over his body. The patient has found small red marks around his eyes, the next morning. The patient was self-diagnosing himself, however due to the doctors, the patient has thrombocytopenia that he diagnoses with recently. Thrombocytopenia is a blood disorder that has insufficient platelets in the blood stream. The disease is one of the most common results that are in hospital patients who tend to bleed, then it will stop bleeding and clump up the blood vessels. If any reason an individual platelet falls below normal, then the condition will develop called Thrombocytopenia. The cause of this disorder, (Thrombocytopenia, n.d.) “thrombocytopenia can be inherited or it can be caused by numerous conditions or even drugs”. Thrombocytopenia symptoms are from; bruising, an enlarged spleen. Excessive bleeding on the menstrual cycle, nose bleeds, and jaundice. The enlarged spleen has too many platelets causing it to decrease. The disease also consists of leukemia or a viral infection. The increased breakdown that is caused by some things with the condition. Also serve options lead to a transfusion or finding an underlying. Nevertheless, thrombocytopenia cannot be prevented although, at the same time some conditions of thrombocytopenia can be avoided. By avoiding alcohol and if a person
Symptoms and Causes Thrombocytopenia leads to excessive or unexplained bruising, nose bleeds, and severe bleeding that does not stop immediately. This can cause internal bleeding and extends to severe brain bleeds.... ... middle of paper ... ... 2. 2-3 Cohen, R., Garcia, C.A., Mena, D., Castellanos, M., Wu, L.T. April 2012 -. “Case Review: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura.”
Red blood cells deliver the oxygen to the muscles and organs of the body.
The cardiovascular system - The cardiovascular system is responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body. It consists of the heart, which powers the whole process, the veins, arteries, and capillaries, which deliver oxygen to tissue at the cellular level. The cardiovascular system carries blood that is low in oxygen away from the heart to the lungs via arteries, where oxygen levels are restored through the air once oxygenated, this blood is then carried throughout the body via arteries, keeping our organs and tissue alive. The cardiovascular system is the workhorse of the body, continuously moving to push blood to the cells. If this important system ceases its work, the body dies.
1. Sickle Cell Disease is life-threatening and has a risk of of causing depression. In this study I examine the experiences that Sickle Cell patients go through specifically at emergency healthcare facilities to find out if there are any negative stigmatizations surrounding this disease. There may be judgments that are made about these patients from healthcare professionals when they seek drugs for their pain relief that may cause the stigmatization to occur. I will also investigate why individuals that have Sickle Cell Disease experience longer waiting times at emergency healthcare facilities and the lack of control they may have over their care regime.
As of 2013 an estimated study showed that over 100,000 people living with sickle cell anemia in the United States. One out of thirteen babies born to an African American parents will inherit the trait and one out of three hundred sixty five African American babies will be born with the disease. This is not just a black disease many Hispanics, Middle Eastern and individual with Asian background are also
The spleen is a small purple organ that sits under the rib cage on the upper left side of your abdomen. It is very smooth and has a few functions. The main function of the spleen is to filter your blood. The spleen consists of narrows passageways that allow your blood cells to flow and filter through. The healthy cells will easily pass through but any damaged or poor quality blood cells will be removed and broken down by macrophages. It can also filter out other harmful microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and trigger the release of lymphocytes to attack them.1
Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited disease that targets the red blood cell. It is a lifelong disease and the severity of it varies from person to person. This disease turns regular healthy red blood cells into abnormal sickle shaped blood cells People with Sickle cell Anemia have hemoglobin in the red blood cells that is abnormal, which causes a person to have Hemoglobin S.
B1.1 Where do you think you’ll find that the most villagers are dying from sickle-cell anemia? Explain.
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder that can clog blood flow. The symptoms for the SCD vary from mild to severe depending on which type of sickle cell disease a person has. Most infants will not show symptoms until they are 5-6 months of age. Some of the early symptoms that a child can get are painful swelling of hands or feet, fatigue, jaundice or icteris. Infants before eight weeks old are to have their first SCD screening. It is best do it that early because complications can be prevented with an early diagnosis and treatment. A more common and severe sickle cell disease that a child can inherit from a parent is called the hemoglobin SS disease, also know as sickle cell anemia. People with this disease do not
According to Hassel (2010), approximately 100,000 Americans have the disease. What then are the factors the increases one’s chances of inheriting such a disease? Simply put, what are the risk factors? The risk of inheriting sickle cell disease comes down to two factors: genetics and ethnic background. For a baby to be born with sickle cell, both parents must carry a sickle cell gene. For instance, if one parent has sickle cell disease (two sickle cell genes) and the other parent has sickle cell trait (one normal gene, one sickle cell gene), the child has a 50% chance of inheriting sickle cell trait and a 50% chance of inheriting sickle cell disease. If one parent has sickle cell disease and the other parent has two normal hemoglobin genes, the child has a 100% chance of inheriting sickle cell trait, but not the disease. If both parents have sickle cell disease, the child has a 100% chance of inheriting the disease. In essence, sickle cell disease is inherited and people at risk for inheriting the gene for sickle cell descend from people who are or were originally from Africa, parts of India and the Mediterranean. The sickle cell gene also occurs in people from South and Central America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. In the United States, most people with sickle cell disease are of African ancestry or identify themselves as black. To buttress this point, Bennett (2006) argues that about 1 in 13 African American babies is born with sickle cell trait and about 1 in every 365 black children is born with sickle cell disease. There are also many people with this disease who come from Hispanic, southern European, Middle Eastern, or Asian backgrounds. There are no standard treatments that cure sickle cell disease especially when the risk factors are related to genetics and ethnic background because they are non-modifiable (permanent and cannot be
If both parents have the sickle cell trait, there is 25% that any given child could be born with sickle cell disease.
If you have Sickle Cell Disease, not the trait, it is something that you are going to have to live with for the rest of your life. The United states and the District of Columbia require all newborn babies to be Screened for the Sickle cell disease at birth to allow the parents to be aware of their child’s condition but there is no treating it. Maybe someday a doctor or scientist will find a way to cure sickle cell disease but as of right now, as of today there is no
Anemia is a global concern that impacts all individuals and nearly half of the anemic cases are caused from iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia is most prevalent in children, pregnant, and nonpregnant women. Iron deficiency is caused from inadequate iron intake and absorption, increase iron requirements for growth, or from excessive iron loss (Pasricha, Drakesmith, Black, Hipgrave, & Biggs, 2013). Iron plays a crucial role in hemoglobin synthesis. With low iron, red blood cells have reduced oxygen-carrying capacity causing anemia. Symptoms include fatigue, weakness, pallor, and shortness of breath (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2016). If left untreated, there is a risk for organ damage, or ischemia, due to worsening anemia. Treatment must be focused on restoring iron to the body and replenish iron stores (Schrier & Auerbach, 2018). Children need iron for brain development to improve cognitive, psychomotor, and physical development. Long term iron deficiency in children can cause irreversible damage (Pasricha et al., 2013).
Being afflicted with any disease or medical condition takes a toll not only to the patient but to family members as well. In general, lives of all involved change and so with the family members. The sacrifice that each one has to undertake sometimes is overwhelming. There is also the financial burden to take into consideration and the stress that goes with the ailment. Sickle cell anemia is one of the life-long diseases that is life changing. This research gives a better understanding of the condition.
Our blood is able to connect all our organs together to create one organism and is able to transport the most vital and important molecules through these blood streams. Hence, blood cells are needed for immune system function and metabolic functions.