Sickle Cell 5K Walk/Run is taking place Saturday, June 21 at Riverside Park on the near northwest side of Indianapolis.

Onions, garlic, shallots, and scallions can damage a cat’s red blood cells, potentially leading to anaemia. Raw eggs and meat ...

One of the most common signs of thalassemia is tiredness. Children may seem more tired than other kids, even after a good ...

Dr. Tiziano Barbui explains how excess blood cell production in certain myeloproliferative neoplasms can impair circulation and why treatments like phlebotomy are used.

That means it is passed down from a parent’s genes. It causes the body to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to all parts of your body. When you ...

At this time a direct Coombs test was strongly positive; no abnormal erythrocyte antibodies could be detected in the serum with normal or enzyme-treated erythrocytes (Table 1). With the use of ...

MCV is within normal range Poikilocytosis Variation in the shape of erythrocytes May be normal in newborn period or seen in anemia due to RBC defects Polychromasia Abnormal tendency of an RBC to ...

Results Three quarters of patients in our study had abnormal quantitative or qualitative red blood cells, giving a prevalence of 77.5%. The mean value of haemoglobin was 11.9 g/dl with a prevalence of ...

A HEREDITARY deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in erythrocytes results in impaired generation of the coenzyme TPNH. This system is concerned with intraerythrocytic ...

The iron buildup causes the formation of abnormal red blood cells called sideroblasts. There are two main types of sideroblastic anemia: Acquired sideroblastic anemia can be caused by exposure ...

abnormal paleness or lack of color of the skin, or a fast heartbeat (tachycardia). Iron-deficiency anemia is usually discovered during a medical examination through a blood test that measures the ...