Blood_Disorders

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Blood Disorders Diane Skeete Comer HCA/240 12/16/2012 Deborah Branham Lily a four year old [four-year-old is a hyphenated word] girl of Caucasian decent kept on complaining about feeling tired and fatigued and is very hard to please when it came to eating. She was diagnosed with Iron deficiency anemia; she only ate pasta, hot dogs and drank artificial flavored juices, because her single mother who is on minimum wage could not afford a proper nutritious diet consisting of dark green leafy vegetables or dried beans and milk to provide iron supplement.  Lily’s diet was below the par level for nutrition caused her to suffer from Iron deficiency anemia. Anemia is best associated with your red blood cells production, either when it has decreased or depleted.  Because the function of the RBC's is to transport oxygen from the lungs and release it into the tissues of the body, this is such a major function so by inhibiting this process in anyway tend to put stress on the body resulting in anemia (Mayo Clinic).  Iron deficiency is a direct link to the decrease of red blood cells related to inadequate iron supplements in the body.  This incomplete process begins when the body has not been adequately nourished so bone marrow fails to reproduce hemoglobin the engine that supports the red blood cells to transport oxygen, and the end result becomes apparent in Iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency is a widespread type of anemia mainly because it relates to minor oversights such as eating a nutritious diet filled with iron mineral supplement that would help with continuous [Check spelling: "Continuous" means continuing unceasingly, constantly, all day and night; "continual" means frequent but not uninterrupted continuance] hemoglobin reproduction. Iron deficiency also affects adults, women that experience excessive heavy menstrual flows, and those of us who frequently donate blood in addition those that may have inward bleeding from ulcers, hemorrhoids and cancer these different types of low level blood factors can eventually cause you to develop Iron deficiency anemia, WebMD (2011). With an ailment such as anemia you should have your private practitioner give you a total work up that would help in diagnosing if you do or do not have anemia. The doctors would have blood drawn in order to establish if your red blood cells are producing at an adequate rate the other test that would be done is an Iron test to check if this mineral is also sufficient. If the results show that you are indeed anemic, your doctor should begin another round of test to find what is the cause of this problem and fix it. To treat this deficiency is quite simple your doctor may subscribe to you a set of iron pill the result are usually instantaneous, but you must be advised to continue the regimen for the entire prescribed period. To prevent a relapse of anemia in the future, begin by changing your diet and eat iron rich food on a daily basis [Wordiness: "on a daily basis" is not different from writing simply "daily"] like vegetables, and meat etc. [Place a comma before "etc."] We would now look at another scenario concerning a five-year-old African American boy, who recently relocated to Chicago and is about to have his first visit with new pediatrician. Devon’s mother explained to the nurse that she has a trait of sickle anemia and would like [The subjunctive is correctly used to express an habitual or conditional action but not to hedge. State it plainly--"and want"] Devon screened. Unlike the previous ailment sickle cell anemia disease is a hereditary blood disorder, and the ones ["The ones" is simpler as "those"] that are [Writing suggestion: rewrite the sentence to remove "that are"] mainly affected are African Americans. Symptoms for this disease rears its ugly head quite early as early as five months according to, [Remove comma] CDC (2011). The first symptom that usually arises is swelling of the hands and feet, for the most this is accompanied by fever. Sickle anemia is when the red blood cell begin to stick together and cause a clotting effect, preventing oxygen from reaching the kidney, liver, heart and lung and causing excruciating pain because without oxygen the cell that make up the organ begins to die. When you are diagnosed with sickle cell anemia your platelet count increases which make the clotting factor or more resistant an increased pain. Treatment for Sickle cell varies it all depends on their symptoms so the options are open and readily available. The most common treatment for the swelling of both hands and feet are pain medication, most doctors advised you to go to the emergency room because as the sickle cell disease flows through the body their odd shape would cause excessive pain. To prevent a pain crisis there are several steps that must be followed; increase your intake of water, avoid high altitudes, try not getting too hot or cold, such as mountain climbing anything in high altitudes avoid. Another fact about sickle cell is that if both parents doesn’t have sickle anemia trait, their children are most likely not able to contract this disease, sickle anemia, (2012). The two above illness must be carefully followed if you are ever going to live a normal life with little or no pain, and avoid further organ damage. References Iron-deficiency anemia, National heart, lung, and blood institutes Retrieved from Www. Mayo clinic Sickle cell. (2012). Retrieved from http www.cdc.