Blood Cell Diseases

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3 RBC Diseases

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-SCA

-Low Iron

-Hemophilia

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2 WBC Diseases

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• -Leukemia

• -HIV

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Sickle Cell Anemia

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-Untreatable blood disorder

-Hereditary

-Deforms RBC

-Unable to carry oxygen

-Low in Iron

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Low Iron Anemia

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-Effects RBC

-Low in hemoglobin

-Treatable

-Iron Supplements

-Iron-rich food

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Hemophilia

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-Effects RBC

-Lacks Platelets

-Thin blood

-Unable to Clot

-Hereditary

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Leukemia

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-WBC Cancer

-Production of deformed WBC

-Attacks Liquid Bone Marrow

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HIV

(Human immunodeficiency virus)

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-Attacks and kills WBC

-Sexually Transmitted

-Kills immunity

-Often sick

-Untreatable

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Malaria

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-Transmitted through infected Mosquitos

-Doesn't Effect people with SCA

-Deformed RBC make it hard for Malaria germ to stick

-Common on the equator