‘Hemolytic Anemia’

What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome?

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

The European frightening past have gone out of fashion. Indeed, those celebrities like Coco, the man with the sack or Maria Sarmiento (to name just some of the best known) and not as it used to produce terror. In contrast, the current trend to-end to other less effective methods frictional: today the hemolytic uremic syndrome is the greatest fear for children.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a contagious disease characterized by kidney failure, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulation defects and neurological signs variables. Spain has a high rate of children affected by this serious disease. HUS is a common illness in young children and often occurs after a gastrointestinal infection, usually caused by a specific type of the bacterium E. coli but has also been associated with other enteric infections including Shigella and Salmonella. Go chance, this problem is closely associated with poor nutrition and, above all, with fast food or junk explains a trusted physician. (more…)

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Hemolytic Anemia

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

hemolytic anemia

Hemolytic anemia is a disease characterized by an insufficient amount of red blood cells because of the destruction thereof. It happens when the bone marrow can not counter this massive annihilation with an increased production of the same.

Can develop two types of hemolytic anemia and these are distinguished as the place where the condition occurs, if it’s inside the red blood cells called intrinsic factor and if they are not called extrinsic factor.

Certain infections, medications, autoimmune diseases, or hereditary factors can trigger hemolytic anemia.

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