Chlorosis is a special form of iron deficiency anemia in young girls and women of perimenopausal age caused by hormonal changes. The clinical picture includes general weakness, pallor of the skin with a greenish tinge, dystrophic changes in the appendages of the skin (hair and nails). Also, patients are often disturbed by dizziness, fainting, perversions…
Folic deficiency anemia is megaloblastic anemia caused by a violation of bone marrow hematopoiesis due to a deficiency of folic acid (vitamin B9). With folic deficiency anemia, all signs of anemic syndrome develop (pallor, weakness, tachycardia, decreased blood pressure), minor jaundice, enlarged spleen, anorexia, unstable stool. In order to confirm the diagnosis, a study of…
Thrombocytopenia is a quantitative violation of the platelet link of hemostasis, characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets per unit volume of blood. Clinical signs of thrombocytopenia include increased bleeding from damaged skin and mucous membranes, a tendency to bruise and hemorrhagic rash, spontaneous bleeding of various localizations (nasal, gingival, gastric, uterine, etc.).…
Thrombocytopenic purpura is a type of hemorrhagic diathesis characterized by a deficiency of red blood platelets – platelets, more often caused by immune mechanisms. Signs of thrombocytopenic purpura are spontaneous, multiple, polymorphic hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membranes, as well as nasal, gingival, uterine and other bleeding. If thrombocytopenic purpura is suspected, anamnestic and…
Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia is an inherited blood pathology caused by dysfunction of the platelet hemostasis link and manifested by hemorrhagic syndrome. It is accompanied by the appearance of petechial rash, repeated and prolonged bleeding (from the nose, gums, the hole of the removed tooth, wounds, gastrointestinal tract, uterus). Possible hemorrhages in the retina, brain. Diagnosis is…
Thalassemia is hereditary hemoglobinopathies characterized by inhibition of the synthesis of chain protein molecules forming the structure of hemoglobin. This leads to damage to the erythrocyte membrane and destruction of red blood cells with the development of hemolytic crises. Signs are characteristic bone changes, hepatosplenomegaly, anemic syndrome. The diagnosis is confirmed by clinical and laboratory…
