| A Low Platelet Count | The Condition
"...It can occur secondary to leukemia, in which the stem cells that yield white blood cells proliferate and crowd out the stem cells that produce platelets and red blood cells (yielding high white cell count and low RBC and platelet counts)..."
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Adult Acne |
Recommendation Vitamin E
"...Male acne patients have significantly decreased levels of erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase, which normalizes with vitamin E and selenium treatment..."
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Anemia |
Related Topic
"A condition resulting from an unusually low number of red blood cells or too little hemoglobin in the red blood cells..."
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Anemia (Iron deficiency) |
The Condition
"...no iron available for the production of hemoglobin - this is true iron deficiency anemia) or relative (the iron is present in storage in the marrow but other reasons prevent its incorporation into red blood cells)..."
Our Question about your skin color prior to suntan
"When the level of oxygen-carrying red blood cells drops, the body must adapt to lower levels of oxygen..."
Relationship to Chronic Renal Insufficiency
"...with CRF often suffer from complications such as anemia, which occurs when failing kidneys no longer produce sufficient erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells (RBCs)..."
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Anemia (Uncommon Nutritional) |
The Condition
"...Starvation leads to an overall failure to make new red blood cells, for lack of raw material..."
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Aplastic Anemia |
Related Topic
"Anemia caused by failure of red blood cells to regenerate..."
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Babesiosis |
The Condition
"...Ticks can carry a parasite called Babesia microti that attacks the red blood cells of many animals, including man..."
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Bioflavonoid Need |
Recommendation Bioflavonoids
"...No side-effects have been linked to the flavonoids except for catechin, which can occasionally cause reversible fever, hives and anemia from the breakdown of red blood cells..."
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Biotin |
Related Topic
"...It is also essential for function of red blood cells and hemoglobin synthesis..."
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Bone Cancer |
The Condition
"...Symptoms may also include fatigue, fever, weight loss, and anemia (loss of oxygen-carrying red blood cells)..."
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CBC (Complete Blood Count) Test |
As A Treatment
"...It provides information about the white blood cell (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), and platelet populations that are present..."
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Cobalamin |
Related Topic
"Essential for normal growth and functioning of all body cells, especially those of bone marrow (red blood cell formation), gastrointestinal tract and nervous system, it prevents pernicious anemia and plays a crucial part in the reproduction of every cell of the body i..."
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Complete Blood Count |
Related Topic
"...Red cell count (RBC)..."
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Copper Deficiency |
The Condition
"...The reduced red blood cell function and shortened red cell life span found with copper deficiency can influence energy levels and cause weakness and labored respiration from decreased oxygen delivery..."
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Copper Toxicity |
The Condition
"...Red blood cell copper levels may be a good test to measure increased copper levels as well..."
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Encephalitis |
The Condition
"...If the body requires an increase in oxygen, the kidney produces more of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which acts in the bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells..."
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Enlarged Spleen |
The Condition
"...The spleen can be considered a dual-purpose organ: it filters the blood and removes abnormal cells (such as old and defective red blood cells), and it makes disease-fighting components of the immune system (including antibodies and lymphocytes)..."
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Exudates |
Related Topic
"...Unlike a transudate, which is merely edema from lymphatic congestion, exudates contain dead cells, erythrocytes, white blood cells and often pus..."
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Folic Acid |
As A Treatment
"...Folic acid will mask the B12-related anemia and early symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency by helping the synthesis of DNA and red blood cell production, but folic acid has no effect on the myelin sheath covering the nerves, so nerve damage may occur where folic acid covers up a B12 deficiency..."
Related Topic
"...It has an essential role in the formation of heme (the iron containing protein in hemoglobin necessary for the formation of red blood cells) and DNA..."
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Guaifenesin |
As A Treatment
"...When contrasted with other propanediol drugs used for this purpose, guaifenesin causes less destruction of red blood cells and is more soluble in water..."
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Heavy Metal Toxicity |
Our Question about your Mean Corpuscular Volume values
"Lead poisoning can lead to the formation of small red blood cells..."
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Hemochromatosis (Iron overload) |
The Condition
"...The amount of iron absorbed is influenced by the amount of iron stored in the body, the rate and effectiveness of red blood cell creation, the amount and form of iron in the diet, and the presence of iron absorption enhancers and inhibitors in the diet..."
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Hemoglobin |
Related Topic
"The oxygen-carrying protein of the blood found in red blood cells..."
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Hemolysis |
Related Topic
"The breakdown of old red blood cells into recycleable constituents, with particular importance given to the reuse of the heme part of hemoglobin..."
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Hemolytic |
Related Topic
"Promoting the breakdown of red blood cells; a normal process, hectic and skillfully balanced, the term is usually applied to excess conditions or toxic substances that degrade the bonds between healthy red blood cells and their..."
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Hemolytic Anemia |
The Condition
"This is an uncommon anemia that develops when red blood cells are destroyed faster than bone marrow can replace them..."
Related Topic
"Anemia caused by excessive destruction of red blood cells..."
Relationship to Malaria
"Malaria may cause anemia because of the loss of red blood cells..."
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
The Condition
"Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare condition characterized by destruction of red blood cells, damage to the lining of blood vessel walls, and, in severe cases, kidney failure..."
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Hepatitis |
Our Question about your Mean Corpuscular Volume values
"Chronic hepatitis can cause enlarged red blood cells..."
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Hypersplenism |
The Condition
"...Blood tests indicate decreases in white blood cells, red blood cells, or platelets..."
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Increased Folic Acid Requirement |
The Condition
"...Folic acid aids in red blood cell production by carrying the carbon molecule to the larger heme molecule, which is the iron-containing part of hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying molecule of the red blood cells)..."
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IP6 - Inositol Hexaphosphate |
As A Treatment
"...Independently, IP6 regulates the oxygen capacity of our red blood cells; it reduces both cholesterol and trigylcerides, as well as preventing heart damage during a heart attack..."
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Iron |
Related Topic
"...Virtually all of the oxygen used by cells in the life process are brought to the cells by the hemoglobin of red blood cells..."
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Iron Requirement |
The Condition
"...It is an essential element for the formation of hemoglobin of red blood cells; about 60-70% of iron is contained in hemoglobin..."
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Jaundice |
The Condition
"...Causes & Development During the normal breakdown of old red blood cells, their hemoglobin is converted into bilirubin..."
Relationship to Malaria
"Malaria can cause jaundice through the loss of red blood cells..."
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Kidney Cancer |
The Condition
"...Laboratory tests may also be performed, including: Urinalysis Blood tests to detect Anemia (too few red blood cells; caused by internal bleeding, a common cancer symptom) Polycythemia (too many red blood cells; sometimes caused by cancerous tumors in the kidney that trigger the release of..."
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Lupus, SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis) |
The Condition
"...Neurologic Disorder - Seizures (convulsions) and/or psychosis in the absence of drugs or metabolic disturbances which are known to cause such effects Hematologic disorder - Hemolytic anemia (low red blood cell count) or leukopenia (white blood cell count <4,000/uL), lymphopenia (<1,500/uL) or thrombocytopenia (<100,000/uL) in the absence of offending drug..."
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Malaria |
The Condition
"...The parasites leave the liver and enter red blood cells; this may take as little as 8 days or as many as several months..."
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Megaloblast |
Related Topic
"An abnormally large nucleated red blood cell found especially in people having pernicious anemia or certain vitamin deficiencies..."
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Megaloblastic Anemia / Pernicious Anemia |
The Condition
"...Megaloblastic anemias are somewhat rare blood disorders characterized by the presence of large, structurally and visually abnormal, immature red blood cells (megaloblasts)..."
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Mineral Testing |
As A Treatment
"...Red blood cell (RBC) mineral levels are often offered as a package where many minerals, both toxic and nutritional, are tested for at one time..."
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Multiple Myeloma |
The Condition
"...Fatigue -- As the number of malignant plasma cells increases in the bone marrow, the growth and development of red blood cells in the bone marrow may be suppressed, leading to low levels of red blood cells in the blood (anemia)..."
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Neutropenia |
The Condition
"...Treatment & Prevention The Food and Drug Administration has now approved blood cell growth factors that increase the production of neutrophils, red blood cells, and platelets for the treatment of neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia, respectively..."
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Ozone / Oxidative Therapy |
As A Treatment
"...They increase red blood cell membrane flexibility and effectiveness..."
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Pancytopenia |
Related Topic
"...There are fewer red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets..."
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Para Aminobenzoic Acid |
Related Topic
"...As a coenzyme, PABA functions in the breakdown and utilization of proteins and in the formation of red blood cells..."
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Parasite Infection |
Our Question about your Mean Corpuscular Volume values
"Fish tapeworm infestation can cause enlarged red blood cells..."
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Polycythemia Vera |
The Condition
"...The excessive numbers of red blood cells produced in polycythemia increases the volume of blood and makes it thicker so that it flows less easily through small blood vessels..."
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Poor/Slow Wound Healing |
Recommendation Vitamin B-Complex
"B-vitamins are needed for cell proliferation and for the replacement and maturation of red blood cells lost through bleeding..."
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Potassium Need |
The Condition
"...Serum levels are a fair indicator of potassium status, but the best indicator of intracellular potassium is RBC (red blood cell) potassium..."
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Pregnancy-Related Issues |
Recommendation DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
"...Indeed, testing has revealed that a child's visual acuity directly correlated with the mother's level of DHA in her red blood cells..."
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Premenstrual Syndrome |
Relationship to Magnesium Requirement
"...Red Blood Cell magnesium levels in PMS patients have been shown to be significantly lower than in normal subjects..."
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Progesterone Low or Estrogen Dominance |
Relationship to Copper Toxicity
"Elevated estrogen levels often increase serum copper levels to more than double normal values, while at the same time red blood cell levels, where copper is important, may actually be lower..."
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Protoporphyria |
Related Topic
"...It manifests largely in the red blood cells, which accumulate large amounts of protoporphyrin..."
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Rheumatoid Arthritis |
The Condition
"...Many people with RA develop anemia, or a decrease in the normal number of red blood cells..."
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Sickle Cell Trait / Disease |
The Condition
"Sickle Cell anemia is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders..."
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Sideroblastic Anemia |
The Condition
"Sideroblastic anemia is a term used to describe a group of rare blood disorders characterized by the bone marrow's inability to manufacture normal red blood cells..."
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Spherocytosis |
Related Topic
"A disease of the blood characterized by the production of red blood cells (erythrocytes), that are sphere-shaped, rather than donut-shaped..."
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Spleen |
Related Topic
"...It destroys old red blood cells, produces lymphocytes and plasma cells, and stores blood..."
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Splenitis |
Related Topic
"...Splenomegaly is often associated with viral hepatitis, mononucleosis, typhoid fever and abnormally high levels of red blood cells or platelets..."
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Tendency Toward Postpartum Depression |
Recommendation DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
"US scientists found low levels of omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA, in mother's milk and in the red blood cells of women with postpartum depression..."
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Test Folic Acid Levels |
As A Treatment
"...When trying to uncover the cause of an anemia, an RBC folate assay should be performed instead as it more accurately reflects folate levels at the time the RBC was produced..."
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Test for Urine Kryptopyrroles |
As A Treatment
"Elevated kryptopyrrole levels result from an abnormality in hemoglobin (the protein that holds iron in red blood cells)..."
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Thalassemia |
The Condition
"...(b) The loss of two genes (two-gene deletion alpha thalassemia) produces a condition with small red blood cells, and at most a mild anemia..."
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Urinalysis |
As A Treatment
"...If the sample contained many red blood cells, it would be cloudy as well as red..."
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Vitamin B12 Requirement |
The Condition
"Your body needs vitamin B12 in order to create healthy red blood cells; it is absorbed through the intestines from a variety of foods..."
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Vitamin B2 Requirement |
The Condition
"...Riboflavin is also necessary for red blood cell formation, antibody production, and growth..."
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Vitamin B3 Requirement |
The Condition
"...role in glycolysis (extracting energy from carbohydrate and glucose), are important in fatty acid synthesis and in the deamination (nitrogen removal) of amino acids, are needed in the formation of red blood cells and steroids, and are helpful in the metabolism of some drugs and toxins..."
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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
As A Treatment
"...Pyridoxine also aids in maintaining sodium and potassium balance and promotes red blood cell formation..."
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Vitamin B6 Requirement |
Our Question about your Mean Corpuscular Volume values
"Pyridoxine-responsive anemia is indicated by small red blood cells..."
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Vitamin B-Complex Requirement |
The Condition
"...Riboflavin is necessary for red blood cell formation, antibody production, and growth..."
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Vitamin C |
Related Topic
"...Vitamin C is important for maintenance of bones, teeth, collagen and blood vessels (capillaries), enhances iron absorption and red blood cell formation, helps in the utilization of carbohydrates and synthesis of fats and proteins, aids in fighting bacterial infections, and interacts with other nutrients..."
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Vitamin C Requirement |
The Condition
"...It helps the body build and maintain collagen; heal wounds and bruises; keep the immune system healthy; maintain healthy bones, teeth, gums, red blood cells, and blood vessels; repair bone fractures..."
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Vitamin E |
Related Topic
"...It helps protect red blood cells and is important for the proper function of nerves and muscles..."
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Zinc Requirement |
The Condition
"...Whilst some of these have a well-known, identifiable function familiar to us, such as calcium for bone strength and iron for healthy red blood cells, zinc has no single clear action but instead performs a number of important functions in the body..."
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Zinc Toxicity |
Relationship to Manganese Requirement
"An insidious effect of excess zinc over a period of years is the reduction of serum manganese, 90% of which is contained in the erythrocytes..."
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