HEMOL YTIC ANEMIAS INCREASE RED CELL DESTRUCTION= REDUCED RED-CELL LIFE SPAN
25.5.2015
HEMOL YTIC ANEMIAS
④A red blood cell survives 90 to 120 days in the circulation; about 1% of human red blood cells break down each day
④The spleen is the main organ which removes old and damaged RBCs from the circulation
MECHANISMS OF HEMOL YSIS
④Extravascular
reactive to✓red cells destruction occurs in
reticuloendothelial system
④Intravascular
✓red cells destruction occurs in vascular
space
SIGNS OF HEMOL YTIC ANEMIAS
④Symptoms of anemia –pallor, fatique, rapid pulse ④Jaundice
④Splenomegaly