With every heartbeat, blood is sent
throughout our bodies, carrying oxygen
and nutrients to every cell, linking the
cells and our organs and body parts. The
circulatory system is composed of the
heart and blood vessels, including arteries,
which carry oxygenated blood away from
the heart, except the pulmonary artery
which carries deoxygenated blood to the
lungs, veins, which carry blood back to the
heart, they also contain valves that prevent
blood flow from flowing backward, they
are thinner and less flexible than the
arteries, the two largest veins are the
superior and vena cavae, capillaries, which
connects the arteries and veins, capillaries
are one of the most important parts of the
circulatory system because its through
them that nutrients and oxygen are
delivered to the cells. In addition to waste
products, carbon dioxide are also removed
by the capillaries.
Type of Blood Disorder:
Sickle Cell Anemia
Type of Blood Disorder:
Von Willebrand disease
Myeloma is a cancer of the plasma
cells.Plasma cells are white blood cells
that produce disease and infection fighting
antibodies in your body. Myeloma cells
prevent the normal production of
antibodies, leaving your body’s immune
system weakened and susceptible to
infection. Additionally, the myeloma cells
commonly produce substances that cause
bone destruction, leading to bone pain and
fractures. Myeloma cells are produced in
the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside
your bones.
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited
hemolytic anemia in which the
hemoglobin protein is abnormal, causing
the red blood cells to be rigid and clog the
circulation because they are unable to flow
through small blood vessels. A person can
inherit this gene if one parent has the gene
for sickle cell hemoglobin and the other
doesn’t then the offspring has the sickle
cell trait. If the offspring receives both
genes from each parent then the offspring
will contract sickle cell anemia.
The abnormal cell on the left is a sickle
cell and the other three are normal
hemoglobin cells.
Type of Blood Disorder:
Myeloma
This is the most common bleeding
disorder in America. It does not
discriminate against gender. Von
Willebrand disease is an inherited
condition that results when the blood lacks
von Willebrand factor, a protein that helps
the blood clot and also carries another
clotting protein, factor VIII. It is usually
milder than hemophilia. There are three
different types of the bleeding disorder
depending on the von Willebrand factor
and factor VIII activity in the blood. Type
1 is the mildest and most common form,
Type 3 the most severe and the least
common. Von Willebrand acts like a glue
and helps the platelets to clump together.
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Treatments of the disorders:
Sickle Cell Anemia:There are no standard
treatments that cure sickle cell anemia.
However, there are treatments that help
people manage and live with the disease.
Medications can be given to control pain,
hydroxyurea (Hydrea), blood transfusions,
and other options as needed.
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Von Willebrand disease:People with
mild cases of this disease may not even
require treatment but should avoid taking
drugs that will aggravate bleeding, such as
aspirin and ibuprofen. Others may be
given medication that will increase the
level of von Willebrand factor in the blood
or with infusions of blood factor
concentrates.
Myeloma:If you have myeloma, there are
many treatment options available that slow
the growth of the myeloma cells. The type
of treatment depends on your health and
the type and stage of myeloma.
Treatments can include:
-Chemotherapy, stem cell transplant,
Anemia drugs, radiation therapy, stem cell "
transplant, and immunomodulators .
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