Anemias Flashcards
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Blood picture of AA
Normocytic, normochromic
Leucopenia
Thrombocytopenia
Pancytopenia
Causes pf aplastic anemia
Ionizng radiation
Tumor of the thymus
Exposure to radicals
Congenital/hereditary
What are the exposure to radicals
Naphthalene, arsenical, benzene, chordane
Congenital and hereditary in aplastic anemia
diamond black fan viral hep, oncogenic virus
Ofi in AA
Decreased
Formed due to excessive destruction and shortening of the life span pf the rbc and it can be an acquired or congenital
Hemolytic anemia
Causes of HA
Presence of Ab
Due to toxins
Due to drugs
Due to inherited intracorpuscular anomaly
Due to the presence of Ab in HA spec what
Hdn
Ofi pf HA
Incease
Ha is can correlate to
Spherocyte
Includion bodies of HA
Howeel jolly
Blood picture of HA
High retics
Inc nrbc
Presence of poikilocytosis
2 main dicision that causes HA
Corpuscular defect and extracorpuscular defect
The problem is the rbc itself
Intrinsic
Defect in the cell mem
Pnh
Pnh is previously known as
marchiafava micheli
Inclusion bodies in HA under intrinsic
Hereditary spherocytosis, achantocytosis, elliptocytosis and zeive syndrome
Defect in intracellular enzyme iclude
Anaerobic glycolysis Hexokinas Phosphohexose isomerase Phosphoglycerate kinase Pyruvate kinase
Transfer of glucose to cell
Hexose monophosphate shunt or g6pd
Enzyme involve in methemoglobin
Glutathione synthetase
What are wxtrinsic that cause HA
Acquired autoimmune HA PCH Infection Drugs Chemicals Mechanical Physical agents
Under chemicals
Benzene
Aniline
Lead
Acquired autoimmune HA
Blood transfusion
Mechanical
Externous exercise