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| My main manifestation is fatigue. Who am I? |
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| When my levels are low, I display glottis, orthopnea, impaired throught processes, and a sore mouth. Who am I? |
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| Severe iron deficient anemia (Hgb <6) |
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| I am often overlooked in the elderly because I can be mistaken for other health problems. I can cause heart failure, confusion, and angina. Who am I? |
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| I am the most common type of anemia in the world. |
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| When I am administered, a straw must be used. |
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| When taking iron, I should be taken with it because I assist with iron absorption. |
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| When taking me, the patient needs to be monitored for liver problems because that is where I am stored. If my stored are depleted, it can take 2-3 months for me to be replenished. |
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| I cause inadequate production of inadequate hemoglobin. |
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| When this disease is present, physical and mental growth is often retarted. Symptoms develop by 2yrs of age. |
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| I cause what is known as "chipmunk facies" due to the hyperplasia of the bone marrow. |
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| To treat me, blood transfusions and chelating agants are administered. |
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| Due to iron overload that can occur with my treatment, cardiac arrhythmias, frequent pulmonary infections, and HTN can cause death in patients who have me. |
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| I am due to the loss of intrinsic factor? |
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| I am an autoimmune heredity anemia due to the loss of intrinsic factor. |
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| When I occur, there is a high incidence of gastric cancer in patients who have me. |
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| I am often confused with folic acid deficiency. The difference is whith me there are neurological symptoms such as confusion, weakness, and paresthesias of hands and feet. |
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| Cobalamin deficiency or B12 deficiency |
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| I am a type of anemia often seen during childhood and adolescence due to increased growth and poor diet. |
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| Treatment for me consists of Vitamin B12 injections if the intrinsic factor is missing. |
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| When a patient displays long standing neuromuscular complications with me, these complications may not be reversible, even with treatment. |
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| Cobalamin deficiancy or Pernicious anemia |
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| The treatment for me is Vitamin B12 injections for life. Without treatment the patient will not survive. |
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| I cause pancytopenia. I can manifest abriptly over several days or insidiously over weeks to months. |
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| To treat me it is important to identify and remove the cause. |
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| The main manifestation a patient has when they have me is severe pain due to hypoxia. |
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| When I occur, my cells cause impaired blood flow leading to vasospasms. I can cause thrombi to occur. |
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| When I occur in infants, the infant is usually placed on antibiotics until the age of 5 years to prevent infections. |
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| When I occur, the main complication that occurs with me is infaction that causes mortality and morbidity. |
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When I occur the patient can develop fever, chest pain, cough, pulmonary infiltrates, and dyspnea known as
Acute Chest Syndrome. |
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| I occur in infants but due to the immature bone marrow and having the mother's blood for protection, I usually do not casue symptoms until 6 - 9mos of age. |
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| I can cause delayed growth and puberty. I also casue small stature throughout adolescence but attains normal growth in the early 20s. |
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| I am a type of crisis that causes blood to pool in the spleen causing enlargement. Treatment of me consists of crytalloids, O2, morphine, and blood. |
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| Acute sequestrace sickle cell crisis |
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| Due to the frequent destruction of RBCs I will often cause autosplenectomy making the patient (child or adult) prone to frequent infections. |
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| I can cause swelling of the hands and feet in children ages 6mos to 4yrs. This is known as hand and foot syndrome. |
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| Prevention of me occuring is giving Hydroxyurea and Folic acid. |
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| I am due to a genetic disorder. My early symptoms are nonspecific. Eventually I cause hepatomegaly and eventually cirrhosis. |
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| Hemachromatosis (too much iron) |
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| I cause an increase in blood viscosity and volume. |
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| I cause the symtoms of HTN, headache, vertigo, dixxiness, and visual disturbances. |
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| I can cause the complication of emboli due to the blood viscosity. |
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| I cause excessive RBS destruction that leads to excessive RBC production. Due to the RBC destruction, I cause increased uric acid which can lead to gout. |
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| Treatment of me consists of removing blood volume, often 500mL each time. |
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| I occur die to hypoxia. I cause an increase in production of RBCs. |
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