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What anemia is characterized by bone marrow that produces large abnormal red blood cells?
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Source: Medical Terminology For Health Care Professionals
Publisher: Delmar Health Care
Authors: Ann Ehrlich and Carol L. Schroeder
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Which anemia is characterized by bone marrow that produces large abnormal red blood cells with a reduced capacity to carry oxygen?
Sickle cell anemia produces sickle-shaped RBCs that reduce the ability to carry as well as exchange oxygen with tissues.
Which form of anemia is characterized by red blood cells being destroyed faster than the bone marrow can replace them?
In hemolytic anemia, the red blood cells are destroyed faster than the bone marrow replaces them.
What is Refractory anemia?
Bone marrow with less than 5% blast cells and abnormal red blood cell blasts
What is the connection between hypercellularity in bone marrow and megaloblastic anemia?
Megaloblasitc anemia refers to the abnormal enlargement of RBCs rendering them useless and subject to hemolysis, therefore the bone marrow must up regulate its hematopoietic stem cell production and in particular the differentiation of reticularcytes to counter the anemia.
What happens in the bone marrow of people with aplastic anemia?
The basic structure of the marrow becomes abnormal, and those cells responsible for generating blood cells (hematopoietic cells) are greatly decreased in number or absent.
What is the other name for leukemia?
Second name for the leukemia is blood cancer or bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal increase in blood cells usually leukocytes.
What is the anemia associated with bone marrow failure?
Aplastic anemia
What is plastic anemia?
Its not plastic anemia , its aplastic anemia, defect in the bone marrow to form blood cells.
Suppression of the bone marrow is called?
anemia
WHAT type of anemia is caused by failure of the bone marrow to produce erythrocytes?
Aplastic anemia
What is red marrow reconversion?
It is when the yellow (fat) marrow converts back to red marrow. In an adult this can indicate a variety of possible diagnoses; possibly, anemia, leukemia, sickle cell anemia or marrow replacement processes. A Hematologist should be consulted.
What blood component decreased in anemia?
Decreased component depends on the type of anemia, but generally, anemia indicates a decrease in iron levels in the blood. However, you can have anemia with normal blood tests for iron.
