
Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited blood disorder, characterised primarily by chronic anaemia and periodic episodes of pain and occurring in approximately 1 in every 400 African-American infants born in the United States each year. Individuals of Mediterranean, Arabian, Caribbean, South and Central American, and East Indian ancestry can also be affected. The underlying problem involves haemoglobi...
Hardcover: 252 pages
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc; 1 edition (June 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594547920
ISBN-13: 978-1594547928
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 17071664
Format: PDF ePub Text TXT fb2 book
- Paul D. O'Malley pdf
- Paul D. O'Malley books
- 1594547920 pdf
- Medical Books pdf books
- 978-1594547928 pdf
Here Hammer o the gos pdf link Read Basic probability theory dover books on mathematics ebook badirsanne.wordpress.com The star trek the original series the eugenics wars 1 the rise and fall of khan noonien singh The most beautiful libraries in the world Download Youll see it when you believe it pdf at allicnagohou.wordpress.com Read Minnesota mall mannequins ebook allfunyakuut.wordpress.com Download Etit albert english pdf at drpergmeshicon.wordpress.com Read Ama y no suras ebook 30alekisea.wordpress.com
ent of the red cells in the blood. The haemoglobin molecules in each red blood cell carry oxygen from the lungs to the body organs and tissues and bring back carbon dioxide to the lungs. In sickle cell anaemia, the haemoglobin is defective. After the haemoglobin molecules give up their oxygen, some of them may cluster together and form long, rod-like structures. These structures cause the red blood cells to become stiff and to assume a sickle shape. Unlike normal red cells, which are usually smooth and donut-shaped, the sickled red cells cannot squeeze through small blood vessels. Instead, they stack up and cause blockages that deprive the organs and tissue of oxygen-carrying blood. the tissues and vital organs and lead to other serious medical problems. Unlike normal red blood cells, which last about 120 days in the bloodstream, sickled red cells die after only about 10 to 20 days. Because they cannot be replaced fast enough, the blood is chronically short of red blood cells, a condition called anaemia. Sickle cell anaemia is caused by an error in the gene that tells the body how to make haemoglobin. The defective gene tells the body to make the abnormal haemoglobin that results in deformed red blood cells. This book gathers the latest research in this important field.