Red Blood Cells, Functions, Diseases A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment, And Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This book describes Red Blood Cells, Functions, Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
The blood comprises 45% red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes.
RBCs are formed in the bone marrow and do the essential work of delivering oxygen to all of the body's cells.
About 2.5 million RBCs are destroyed and reinstated every second.
In early development, the production of RBC:
1.Begins in the yolk sac
2.Shifts to the liver and spleen during the 3rd month of gestation and finally to
3.The bone marrow in the 5th month.
4.From then on all the RBCs are produced in the bone marrow.
When the medical adulthood is reached, the creation of RBCs is mostly restricted to the marrow from the ends of the long bones, the vertebrae ribs and pelvis.
The life cycle of a normal RBC is about 120 days.

Life and Death of A Red Blood Cell:
My name is Red Bull, the red blood cell.
They called me Red because of the redness of my color and Bull because I am always charging along the Blood stream like a Bull.
There are 5 million red blood cells per cubic millimeter of blood which means that the entire body contains approximately 25 trillion red blood cells
Yes it is true that I have 25 trillions brothers in the human body.
I was born in the bone marrow of the pelvis of my human host.
The other cells wanted to call me Red Pelvis which is a horrible name so I start to chase them in my bull like fashion until they finally called me Red Bull.
I have a best friend who was called Humorous Red because he was born at the bone marrow end of the humerus. He does not mind the name and was always making humorous jokes:
“A man let out a large burp.
Nearby, a man loudly says “How dare you burp before my wife!”
The burper replies “I didn't even know she wanted to burp first!”Hahaha!”
I called him HR. We have lots of fun together
I was born on Christmas day 25/12/2012 at 10.am in the pelvis of my human host.
It took me 7 days in the bone marrow before I was transformed from a stem cell into a developing red blood cell or reticulocyte and then released into the blood stream.
In fact 2 million of new RBCs are released into blood stream every second.
I am expected to live for 120 days which means that I may die on 4/4/2013.
My friend HR was born 2 days after me in the humerus bone.
The first time that I was released into the blood circulation from the bone, I was still an immature RBC or reticulocyte.
It took me 1 day before my Hemoglobin was fully developed and I was able to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide.
That makes me a fully mature RBC.
A mature RBC is biconcave in shape with a disk diameter of 8μm and a thickness of 2μm.
My responsibility is to carry oxygen to the tissues and remove waste carbon dioxide.
My unique biconcave shape gives small volume and large surface and my induced large surface-to-volume ratio will allow me to contain more hemoglobin which is helpful to increase the rate of diffusion of the Oxygen and Carbon Oxide.
My first day in the blood circulation was in the blood capillary from the bone marrow.
From the capillary I was taken into the venous blood system which then leads me to the heart where I was pumped into an area (the lungs) full of bubbly gas that cling to me.
That gas (oxygen) was so refreshing.
In a short while I was pumped out of the heart into the blood stream.
I literately went round the whole body in 20 seconds.
There are so many stories I can tell about my journey around the body with encounters with bacteria, virus and being saved by the WBC and platelets.
At the end of 120 days , I was engulfed by a macrophage and my heme and protein were recycled to form a new red blood cell. You must read my story!!
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Red Blood Cells
Chapter 2 Functions
Chapter 3 Diseases
Chapter 4 Polycythemia Vera
Chapter 5 Anemia
Chapter 6 Sickle Cell Anemia
Chapter 7 Fanconi Anemia
Chapter 8 Life and Death of Red Blood Cell
Epilogue

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155919223
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	12/21/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	150 KB

About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 65. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical conditions seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com. This autobiolographical account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 550 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical conditions. The first chapter of all my ebooks is always taken from my blog A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions which was started in 2007 as a simple educational help to my patients on my first blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. The medical condition was described simply and direct to the point. Because the simple guide as taken from the blog was described as too simple, I have increased the other chapters to include more detailed description of the illness, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. As a result there are the complaints by some readers of constant repetitions of the same contents but in detail and fairly up to date. He has published 550 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health conditions and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Bouna Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. All the PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"