Hemolysis

Hemolysis
Related Category: Pathology
(hml´ss), destruction of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Although new red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are continuously created and old ones destroyed, an excessive rate of destruction sometimes occurs.
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Hemolysis: The destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells into the blood plasma.
Etymology: The word "hemolysis" is made up of "hemo-", blood + "lysis", the disintegration of cells.
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Hemolysis refers to the breakdown of red blood cells.
Red blood cells normally live for 110 - 120 days, then die. When they die, they are broken down.
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Alternate Names
: Sucrose Hemolysis Test
Definition
This is a blood test to detect increased fragility of red blood cells by swelling them in low-salt solution.
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HEMOLYSIS: The rupture of red blood cells.
HEMOPHILIA: An inherited disease that affects mostly males and prevents normal blood clotting.
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HemolysisBreaking apart red blood cells.
RhA blood typing group, like the ABO system. When a mother is Rh negative and her baby is Rh positive, she may develop antibodies to the baby's blood that will cause it to hemolyze.
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The baby's body responds to the hemolysis by trying to make more red blood cells very quickly in the bone marrow and the liver and spleen. This causes these organs to get bigger.
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It can point to pernicious anemia, hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, and hemolysis (which is an abnormal destruction of red blood cells).
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Hemorrhage -- bleeding
Hemolysis -- excessive destruction of red blood cells
Underproduction of red blood cells
Not enough normal hemoglobin ...
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Increased levels may be seen in the following: hemochromatosis, hemolysis, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis, liver necrosis, hemosiderosis, iron poisoning, and lead toxicity.
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There is a breakdown (hemolysis) of your red blood cells.
You are taking certain medicines, including some used to lower cholesterol levels, some antifungal medicines, acetaminophen, salicylates (aspirin), and some antibiotics such as erythromycin.
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The Rh antibodies that the woman may have developed during or after her first pregnancy can pass through the blood to her second baby and attack the baby's red blood cells. This attack can cause hemolysis, which is the destruction of red blood cells.
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HELLP stands for Hemolysis (damaged red blood cells), Elevated Liver enzymes (from liver swelling and bleeding) and Low Platelets (cells that help the blood to clot). It occurs in about 10% of patients with severe preeclampsia.
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