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  2. Cytopenia - Wikipedia

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    Anemia – a reduction of the red blood cells in the body.; Leukopenia – a deficiency of white blood cells, or leukocytes [1]; Neutropenia – a type of leukopenia, with a specific deficiency in neutrophils [2]

  3. Pancytopenia - Wikipedia

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    Rarely, drugs (antibiotics, blood pressure medication, heart medication) can cause pancytopenia. For example, the antibiotic chloramphenicol can cause pancytopenia in some individuals. [1] Rarely, pancytopenia may have other causes, such as mononucleosis or other viral diseases.

  4. Granulocytosis - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, granulocytosis is the presence of an increased number of granulocytes in the peripheral blood.Often, the word refers to an increased neutrophil granulocyte count (neutrophilia), but granulocytosis formally refers to the combination of neutrophilia, eosinophilia, and basophilia. [1]

  5. Agranulocytosis - Wikipedia

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    However, "-osis" is commonly used in blood disorders to imply cell proliferation (such as in "leukocytosis"), while "-penia" to imply reduced cell numbers (as in "leukopenia"); for these reasons, granulocytopenia is a more etymologically consistent term, and as such, is sometimes preferred to "agranulocytosis" (which can be misinterpreted as ...

  6. Polycythemia - Wikipedia

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    A thorough cardiopulmonary exam including auscultation of the heart and lungs can help evaluate for cardiac shunting or chronic pulmonary disease. An abdominal exam can assess for splenomegaly, which can be seen in polycythemia vera. Examination of digits for erythromelalgia, clubbing or cyanosis can help assess for chronic hypoxia. [13]

  7. Heart Month: Mayo Clinic says heart attack symptoms in women ...

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    Feb. 13—Sweating, nausea, dizziness and unusual fatigue may not sound like typical heart attack symptoms. However, they are common for women and may occur more often when resting or asleep.

  8. Cytosis - Wikipedia

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    -Cytosis is a suffix that either refers to certain aspects of cells ie cellular process or phenomenon or sometimes refers to predominance of certain type of cells. It essentially means "of the cell". It essentially means "of the cell".

  9. Severe congenital neutropenia - Wikipedia

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    Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), also often known as Kostmann syndrome or disease, is a group of rare disorders that affect myelopoiesis, causing a congenital form of neutropenia, usually without other physical malformations.