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Fanconi Anemia: Marrow Failure
When the FA patient’s bone marrow does not function properly, blood cell production significantly lower and can appear a series of hematologic conditions. These are:
Anemia: Because red blood cells are responsible for transporting oxygen, the deficit of these cells leads to a decrease in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues. As a result, the patient undergoes decay, fatigue, and pallor visible. The lack of red blood cells is called anemia.
Infection: When the body lacks the proper amount of white blood cells, the patient may be extremely vulnerable to common germs. The fever is usually the first sign of a serious infection. The medical term for low white blood cell count is to leucopenia. The patient usually FA deficiencies of a certain class of white blood cells called neutrophils, which are needed to fight bacterial infections. This condition is called neutropenia. Read the rest of this entry »
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Symptoms of Eczema
What is eczema?
Eczema is manifested by chronic itching and dry skin. Usually, symptoms occur only during certain periods, while the rest of the time the skin is normal.
Symptoms of eczema include:
* The skin is constantly dry.
* Areas red, itchy, usually worse during the winter.
* The affected area may get wet if scratched raw.
* Among young children is more common on the inside of the elbows and the wrists and behind the knees can also occur in the neck, ankles, feet and other body areas.
* In older children may appear on the hands, feet and eyelids.
* In infants often begins on the cheeks.
* After a while the skin may change color and become thicker. Read the rest of this entry »
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