Blood and Circulatory Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Blood and circulatory System disorders, Such as Anemia, Leukemia, Lynphona, ... Thombophil, Third Edition

637 Pages·2010·1.53 MB·English

by  Sandra J. Judd

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Bibliographic Note
Because this page cannot legibly accommodate all the copyright notices, the Bibliographic
Note portion of the Preface constitutes an extension of the copyright notice.
Edited by Sandra J. Judd
Health Reference Series
Karen Bellenir, Managing Editor
David A. Cooke, MD, FACP, Medical Consultant
Elizabeth Collins, Research and Permissions Coordinator
Cherry Edwards, Permissions Assistant
EdIndex, Services for Publishers, Indexers
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Copyright © 2010 Omnigraphics, Inc.
ISBN 978-0-7808-1081-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blood and circulatory disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health
information about blood and circulatory system disorders, such as anemia,
leukemia, lymphoma, Rh disease, hemophilia, thrombophilia, other bleeding
and clotting deficiencies, and artery, vascular, and venous diseases,
including facts about blood types, blood donation, bone marrow and stem cell
transplants, tests and medications, and tips for maintaining circulatory
health; along with a glossary of related terms and a list of resources for
additional help and information / edited by Sandra J. Judd. -- 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7808-1081-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1.
Blood--Diseases--Popular works. 2. Blood-vessels--Diseases--Popular works.
I. Judd, Sandra J.
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Table of Contents
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Preface............................................................................................xi
Part I: Understanding Blood and the
Circulatory System
Chapter 1—Blood Function and Composition...............................3
Chapter 2—Blood Types...............................................................15
Section 2.1—Introduction to Blood Types...........16
Section 2.2—Blood Types in the
United States..................................19
Chapter 3—Donating and Preserving Blood...............................21
Section 3.1—Frequently Asked Questions
about Blood Donation.....................22
Section 3.2—Tips for a Good Donation
Experience......................................24
Section 3.3—Apheresis.........................................26
Section 3.4—Cord Blood Banking........................28
Chapter 4—Maintaining a Healthy Circulatory System............31
Chapter 5—How Aging Affects the Heart
and Blood Vessels......................................................37
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Part II: Diagnosing and Treating Blood and Circulatory
Disorders
Chapter 6—Blood Tests..............................................................45
Section 6.1—Blood Typing.................................46
Section 6.2—Complete Blood Count ................50
Section 6.3—Fibrinogen Test ............................54
Section 6.4—Reticulocyte Count ......................57
Chapter 7—Bone Marrow Tests.................................................61
Chapter 8—Bleeding and Clotting Tests...................................65
Section 8.1—Bleeding Time...............................66
Section 8.2—Partial Thromboplastin Time......68
Chapter 9—Tests Used in the Assessment of
Vascular Disease.....................................................71
Chapter 10—Commonly Used Medications for
Cardiovascular Health...........................................77
Section 10.1—Facts about Using Aspirin.........78
Section 10.2—Anticoagulants and
Antiplatelet Agents....................81
Section 10.3—Using Coumadin Safely.............84
Chapter 11—Commonly Used Medications for Anemia.............91
Section 11.1—Iron Supplements.......................92
Section 11.2—Erythropoiesis-Stimulating
Agents.........................................95
Chapter 12—Blood Transfusion...................................................99
Chapter 13—Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplants...........107
Chapter 14—Chelation Therapy: A Controversial
Treatment Approach.............................................117
Part III: Blood Disorders
Chapter 15—Anemia..................................................................127
Section 15.1—Anemia: An Overview...............128
Section 15.2—Anemia of Chronic Disease......135
Section 15.3—Aplastic Anemia.......................138
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Section 15.4—Fanconi Anemia........................145
Section 15.5—Glucose-6-Phosphate
Dehydrogenase (G6PD)
Deficiency..................................154
Section 15.6—Hemoglobin C Disease.............157
Section 15.7—Hemoglobin E Disease.............159
Section 15.8—Iron-Deficiency Anemia............162
Section 15.9—Pernicious (Megaloblastic)
Anemia......................................165
Section 15.10—Sickle Cell Disease...................167
Section 15.11—Spherocytosis............................173
Section 15.12—Thalassemia.............................176
Chapter 16—Hemochromatosis ................................................181
Chapter 17—Leukemia...............................................................187
Section 17.1—Acute Lymphocytic
Leukemia..................................188
Section 17.2—Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia..................................196
Section 17.3—Acute Myelogenous
Leukemia..................................203
Section 17.4—Chronic Myelogenous
Leukemia..................................212
Section 17.5—Hairy Cell Leukemia................218
Chapter 18—Lymphoma.............................................................225
Section 18.1—Hodgkin Lymphoma.................226
Section 18.2—Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.........233
Section 18.3—Waldenström
Macroglobulinemia...................244
Chapter 19—Myeloproliferative Disorders................................249
Section 19.1—Idiopathic Myelofibrosis...........250
Section 19.2—Myelodysplastic
Syndrome..................................256
Section 19.3—Polycythemia Vera....................260
Section 19.4—Thrombocythemia and
Thrombocytosis.........................267
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Chapter 20—Plasma Cell Disorders..........................................277
Section 20.1—Amyloidosis...............................278
Section 20.2—Cryoglobulinemia.....................282
Section 20.3—Monoclonal Gammopathy of
Undetermined Significance.....286
Section 20.4—Multiple Myeloma....................287
Chapter 21—Rh Disease.............................................................291
Chapter 22—White Blood Cell Disorders..................................295
Section 22.1—Hypereosinophilic Syndrome....296
Section 22.2—Histiocytosis.............................300
Section 22.3—Lymphocytopenia.....................305
Section 22.4—Neutropenia..............................309
Part IV: Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
Chapter 23—What Are Hereditary Bleeding and
Clotting Disorders?...............................................317
Chapter 24—Hemophilia............................................................323
Chapter 25—Von Willebrand Disease........................................335
Chapter 26—Factor V Leiden.....................................................341
Chapter 27—Factor Deficiencies................................................345
Chapter 28—Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.............353
Chapter 29—Bruises: When to See a Doctor.............................355
Chapter 30—Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome.................359
Chapter 31—Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation...........365
Chapter 32—Hypercoagulation..................................................371
Section 32.1—Excessive Blood Clotting..........372
Section 32.2—Deep Vein Thrombosis..............375
Section 32.3—Pulmonary Embolism...............380
Section 32.4—Preventing and Treating
Blood Clots................................385
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