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With appropriate treatment, long-term outcomes are typically favorable, and most people are able to lead a reasonably normal life. Without treatment, an adrenal crisis can result in death. Addison's disease affects about 9 to 14 per 100,000 people in the developed world. It occurs most frequently in middle-aged females.
Treatment. A variety of methods may be used to treat the most common being the total hip replacement (THR). However, THRs have a number of downsides including long recovery times and the life spans of the hip joints (often around 20 to 30 years). THRs are an effective means of treatment in the older population; however, in younger people, they ...
Acute posthemorrhagic anemia or acute blood loss anemia is a condition in which a person quickly loses a large volume of circulating hemoglobin. Acute blood loss is usually associated with an incident of trauma or a severe injury resulting in a large loss of blood. It can also occur during or after a surgical procedure.
Reticulocytopenia. Reticulocytopenia is the medical term for an abnormal decrease in circulating red blood cell precursors ( reticulocytes) that can lead to anemia due to resulting low red blood cell ( erythrocyte) production. [1] Reticulocytopenia may be an isolated finding or it may not be associated with abnormalities in other hematopoietic ...
Heyde's syndrome is a syndrome of gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in the presence of aortic stenosis. [1] [2] It is named after Edward C. Heyde, MD, who first noted the association in 1958. [3] It is caused by cleavage of Von Willebrand factor (vWF) due to high shear stress forces from aortic valvular stenosis.
Pure red cell aplasia affects the red blood cells in particular. Pure red cell aplasia ( PRCA) or erythroblastopenia refers to a type of aplastic anemia affecting the precursors to red blood cells but usually not to white blood cells. In PRCA, the bone marrow ceases to produce red blood cells. There are multiple etiologies that can cause PRCA.
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ( MAHA) is a microangiopathic subgroup of hemolytic anemia (loss of red blood cells through destruction) caused by factors in the small blood vessels. It is identified by the finding of anemia and schistocytes on microscopy of the blood film .
6947. Iron-deficiency anemia (or iron deficiency anaemia) is a common anemia that occurs when iron loss (often from intestinal bleeding or menses) occurs, and/or the dietary intake or absorption of iron is insufficient. In such a state, hemoglobin, which contains iron, cannot be formed. [5] Plummer–Vinson syndrome.