According to MedLine Plus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodandblooddisorders.ht
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According to MedLine Plus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodandblooddisorders.html), blood is living tissue made up of liquid and solids. The liquid part, called plasma, is made of water, salts and protein. Over half of the blood is plasma. The solid part of blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Red blood cells deliver oxygen from the lungs to tissues and organs. (Think of the importance of getting blood to the cardiac muscle in an MI, for example).
White blood cells fight infection and are part of the body's defense system. Platelets help blood to clot. Bone marrow, the spongy material inside the bones, makes new blood cells. Blood cells constantly die and the body makes new ones. Red blood cells live about 120 days, platelets 6 days and white cells less than a day.
There are many types of blood disorders. Blood has many components, so many things can go wrong!
List and describe several blood disorders, Discuss what causes the diseases you have listed, and describe what treatments might be used to combat them. Include link to sources.
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side effects of medication
lack of certain nutrients li iron, folic acid,B12
other diseases
Blood clotting disorder:
Thrombophilia
Bleeding disorder: it is a condition preventing the clotting of blood.when an injury occur causing continuous los blood through bleeding due to protein defects
Medication: anticoagulants
Treatment: iron supplementation, blood transfusion
Anaemia:
acute blood loss anaemia
sickle cell anaemia
thalassemia
Iron deficiency anaemia
leukemia,
myeloma cancer where plasma cells multiply uncontrollably often in the bone marrow and other body tissues.
chemotherapy or corticosteroids are used
platelet disorders
eosinophilic disorders
Thrombocytopenia
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