Anemia

End of Semester Reflection This semester has been a tough one but I feel like I have learned a lot about pharmacy over these past few months. I have had a lot of courses so far and in each one, I have been able to make connections to the practice of pharmacy. In this essay, I will reflect on some of things I learned in my courses and how they relate to my future career as a pharmacist. I will also identify areas where certain topics intersect in different courses. In my pharmaceutics course, I

Cumin and its medicinal uses Cumin- The spice with a magic wand Cumin is a flowering plant which belongs to the family Apiaceae. It is native from east Mediterranean to East India. In India Cumin is called by a different name called ‘jeera’ or ‘jira’. The spice is native to Arabic-speaking Syria where cumin thrives in its hot and arid lands. The use of cumin is very common in Indian and Pakistani foods. In India, cumin seeds are an important component of curry powder and garam masala. Besides

neutropenia, aplastic anemia (Kostmann syndrome). Signs and Symptoms: Chills, sweating, sores in the mouth, diarrhea, flue like symptoms, abdominal pain and shortness of breath. Sometimes fever is often the only indication of infection due to absence of an inflammatory response at the infection site. Common Complications: Pneumonia, septicemia, bacterial infections, fungal infections. Other Medical Problems: Steroid induced diabetes, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, anemia, chronic lymphocyte leukemia

very rare but in sub acute cases death can occure. Animal that is infected once in life it remains carrier for whole life. It will again be affected when stressed. Excessive therapy with penicillin cause neoplasia which is a major cause of hemolytic anemia. It can also be differentiated from hemolytic disease from liver disease. If there is low parasitosis and paracitemia then we can miss it on giemsa stain. IFA and ELISA are also helpful in diagnosis of Babesiosis. Sub acute :characterized by high

inherited disorder. Those affected with thalassemia experience irregular hemoglobin formation. The symptoms of the disorder have varying indications, which depend on the specific type of thalassemia. A common trait of the disease is mild to severe anemia. Thalassemia is an inherited disease. The disease is observed under two main types α- and β- thalassemia. The cause of the hemoglobin disorder is hereditary. Both types of thalassemia are autosomal recessive diseases. Adult hemoglobin is made up

The patients in the anemia group include patients that presented with severe anemia without respiratory symptoms as the initial symptom and the control group included patients without anemia but other initial symptoms such as respiratory infections, vomiting, diarrhea and failure to thrive (Early Severe Anemia as the First Sign of Cystic Fibrosis). Pediatric hematologists evaluated all the patients in the anemia group and determined the etiology of the anemia. Although no significant differences

Hereditary Spherocytosis, Pediatric Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a type of anemia that can be passed along from parent to child (inherited). Anemia is the condition of not having enough healthy red blood cells in the body. Red blood cells are made in spongy tissue inside of bones (bone marrow) and they carry oxygen in the blood. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and flexible. This allows them to flow through small blood vessels easily. Children who have HS have red blood cells that are

Introduction: On August 20, a lab was started doing different test involving blood. The objective of the experiment was to test white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC), platelet counts, differential of WBCs, a hematocrit, a hemoglobin analysis, and also various calculated indices. All the test will indicate if a person’s blood levels are normal or if the person has an abnormal blood count. To explain what blood is, blood is a red liquid that circulates throughout the body. It also transports

Clinical laboratory, what comes to your mind when you hear that word? Do you think of one department such as Phlebotomy or many departments? After reading this paper you will have a better understanding about the departments of the clinical laboratory and what exactly a clinical laboratory is. There is more than just Phlebotomy when it comes to the clinical laboratory. I’ll be explaining what a clinical laboratory is and seven departments of the clinical laboratory. First, what is a clinical laboratory

occurs when the body makes less hemoglobin than needed or an unusual form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen. The disorder makes an excessive amount of destruction of red blood cells. This eventually leads to anemia. There are two main types of thalassemia. The first one is Alpha thalassemia. This occurs when a gene or genes related to the alpha globin protein are missing or mutated. It happens mostly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, China, and in those of