Bleeding Disorders Quiz: Anemia, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell & More (original) (raw)
Sickle cell disease is named after a farming tool.
Healthy red blood cells are round. In a person with sickle cell disease (SCD), the red blood cells become hard and sticky and look like a C-shaped farm tool called a "sickle." Sickle cells die early, causing a constant shortage of red blood cells.
True False
There is no cure for any patient with sickle cell disease.
Bone marrow or stem cell transplants can cure sickle cell disease in some patients.
True False
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects different people in different ways, but SCD symptoms almost always include pain.
A pain episode or crisis is the most common symptom of sickle cell disease (sickle cell anemia), and it's the top reason that people with the disease go to the emergency room or hospital. When sickle cells travel through small blood vessels, they can get stuck and clog the blood flow. This causes pain that can start suddenly, be mild to severe, and last for any length of time.
True False
What is hemophilia?
Hemophilia is not one disease but rather one of a group of inherited (genetic) bleeding disorders that cause abnormal or exaggerated bleeding and poor blood clotting.
A group of bleeding disorders An inherited bleeding disorder A blood disorder that involves poor clotting All of the above
Most people with hemophilia are...
Hemophilia is a common inherited bleeding disorder. Hemophilia occurs in one of every 5,000 male births. Currently, about 20,000 males in the U.S. have the disorder. Females who inherit one affected X chromosome become a "carrier" of hemophilia.
Males Females
________________ occurs only in women.
Menorrhagia refers to heavy menstrual bleeding. Menorrhagia can be incapacitating for some women and may suggest a bleeding disorder.
Anemia Hyperlipidemia Menorrhagia Hemorrhage
_______________ is a blood clot that blocks a major artery feeding the lungs.
A pulmonary embolism clogs the artery that provides blood supply to part of the lung. The embolism not only prevents the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, but it also decreases blood supply to the lung tissue itself, potentially causing lung tissue to die.
Pleurosis Pneumothorax Pulmonary embolism All of the above
Pulmonary embolism is most closely related to _________________.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is most closely related to deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT/PE is an underdiagnosed, serious, preventable medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein. These clots usually develop in the lower leg, thigh, or pelvis, but they can also occur in the arm. In more than one-third of people affected by DVT, clots can travel to the lungs and cause PE, a potentially fatal condition.
Deep vein thrombosis A collapsed lung Hemophilia Bronchitis
A red blood cell typically lives for about four weeks.
The normal life span of a red blood cell is typically around 100-120 days (about four months).
True False
A red blood cell count or hemoglobin that is less than normal describes _____________.
Anemia is a medical condition in which the red blood cell count or hemoglobin is less than normal.
Fever Anemia Hemochromatosis Low blood pressure
If you are in septic shock, what's wrong?
The terms septic shock and sepsis are often used interchangeably with the term septicemia, a serious, life-threatening blood infection that worsens very quickly and is often fatal.
Seven blood nutrients are missing Severe blood loss has occurred Seven blood nutrients are overactive A blood infection is present
Hemochromatosis means there is too much __________ in the blood.
Hemochromatosis (HE-mo-kro-ma-TO-sis) is a disease in which too much iron builds up in the body (iron overload). Iron is a mineral found in many foods. Too much iron is toxic to the body. It can poison organs and cause organ failure. In hemochromatosis, iron can build up in most of the body's organs but especially in the liver, heart, and pancreas.
Iron Carbon Plasma Alcohol
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CDC: Sickle Cell Disease Quiz
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/quiz/
New England Journal of Medicine
<http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199608083350601
CDC: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/facts.html
Medscape. Anemia.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/198475-overview
CDC: Hemophilia
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemophilia/facts.html
CDC: Bleeding and Clotting Disorders in Women
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hbd/women.htm
CDC: Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/blooddisorders/documents/BBV\_PNV\_C0\_1159\_Thrombosis\_R1mtr.pdf
eMedicine/Medscape
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/198475-overview
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