week 11 - cont - HEMATO DYS

Iron deficiency anemia

— Not enough iron

— At birth(full term)

• 300 mg iron(5-6 months)

• Lack of dietary source can cause anemia

Sickle cell Anemia

— RBC is abnormally shaped

• elongated

vasoconclusive crisis

— Painful episodes

— Most common type of non- life threatening crisis

Sequestration crisis

— Pooling of large quantities of blood usually in spleen

Aplastic crisis

— Diminished RBC production, usually triggered by infectin

Hyperhemolytic crisis

— Accelerated loss of RBC

Aplastic anemia

— Rare type

— Bone marro cannot produce different blood components resulting in pancytopenia(eveything dpleted)

Beta thalassemia

— Body not producing enough hemoglobin

Hemophilia

— An x-linked recessive inherited bleeding disorder

— Carried by women and received by male child

Idiopathic Thrombocythpenic purpura

— Body trying to destroy its own platelets by antiplatelets antibody