If the amount of functioning hemoglobin is reduced, a condition known as anemia arises (Anemia, 1). The anemia that may result can take many forms, including that caused by a low iron level (iron deficiency anemia), a vitamin deficiency (megaloblastic anemia), a thyroid deficiency, the premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolytic anemia), replacement of normal bone marrow cells by cancer cells or leukemia (myelophthisic anemia), injury to bone marrow (aplastic anemia), and inborn structural defect in red blood cells (e...
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sickle-cell anemia), inhibition of erythropoietin production by the immune system (anemia of chronic disease), and a normal or high iron level but an inability to manufacture hemoglobin or make use of the iron (sideroblastic anemia) (Anemia, 2). There are also several other less common types of anemia including: aplastic anemia, Thalassemia, acquired hemolytic anemia, inherited hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, and anemia caused by miscellaneous factors (Anemia, 3-4)...
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Sickle Cell Disease As sickle cell clogged blood capillaries can lead to different types of problems, depending upon where the blockage occurs. The outcome of this blockage may lead to problems such as kidney infections; intense pain in the chest, arms and legs, death and decay of tissues, especially in the joints, disease of the retina of the eye, gallstones, and strokes...	2 / 557
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