SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++
Spherocytosis
- Inherited
- RBCs round
- Trapped in the spleen and removed
- Easy bruising and excessive bleeding
Thalassemia
- Decreased Hb (or deformed)
- O2 harder to bind to Hb = decreased oxygen in tissue
Aplastic anaemia
- Damage to all blood cells
- Autoimmune (attack hemocytoblasts)
- Or radiation, HIV
Celiac disease
, - Autoimmune
- React to gluten in diet -> damage to villi
- Megaloblastic cell (can't leave bone marrow)
- Iron affects Hb
Contraceptive pill
- Increase oestrogen = increase in factor 2, 7, 8, 10, 12 and fibrinogen
- Increase in clotting
Blood smear
1. Eosinophil
2. Lymphocyte
3. Platelet
4. Neutrophil
5. RBC
Eosinophil
Eosinophil and fluke
Mast cells/basophils
Abcesses
Cellulitis