enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Pernicious anemia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernicious_anemia

    Often, treatment may be needed for life. [13] Pernicious anemia is the most common cause of clinically evident vitamin B 12 deficiency worldwide. [14] Pernicious anemia due to autoimmune problems occurs in about one per 1000 people in the US. Among those over the age of 60, about 2% have the condition. [8]

  3. Anemia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemia

    Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.This can be due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin available for oxygen transport, or abnormalities in hemoglobin that impair its function.

  4. Hemolytic anemia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolytic_anemia

    Acquired hemolytic anemia is also encountered in burns and as a result of certain infections (e.g. malaria). [15] [18] Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), sometimes referred to as Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome, is a rare, acquired, potentially life-threatening disease of the blood characterized by complement-induced intravascular ...

  5. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hematologic_conditions

    Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (also known as Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome) is a rare, acquired, life-threatening blood disease, with anemia due to red blood cell destruction, red urine, and thrombosis. Pyruvate kinase deficiency: D55.2: 11090

  6. Cytopenia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytopenia

    This is a life-threatening disorder that is a characteristic of aplastic anemia. [3] There are also two general causes of cytopenia: autoimmune and refractory. Autoimmune cytopenia is caused by an autoimmune disease when your body produces antibodies to destroy the healthy blood cells.

  7. Life expectancy isn't rising as much, the health consequences ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/life-expectancy-isnt...

    Life expectancy isn't rising as much, the health consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene and a lead pipe deadline to improve drinking water Rebecca Corey October 12, 2024 at 7:00 AM

  8. Hematocrit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematocrit

    An abnormally low hematocrit may suggest anemia, a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells, while an abnormally high hematocrit is called polycythemia. [5] Both are potentially life-threatening disorders.

  9. Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroxysmal_cold_hemoglobinuria

    Most patients do not require medical intervention. Nevertheless, the rare chances of life-threatening acute drop in hemoglobin are always there and in which are deemed to develop hypovolemic shock and cardiac failure due to severe anemia, and to be complicated by acute tubular necrosis as a result of hemoglobinuria over the aftermath. [32]