The Story Of Red Bull The Red Blood Cell And His Journey Through The Human Body

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This is the story of the red blood cell called Red Bull which first appeared in my book 'Life and Death of A Red Blood Cell in 2013'.
In this retold story of Red Bull I am telling the journey that Red Bull took as he traveled with his companion Humorous Red throughout the human body.
The female reproductive system was described by Merry, a RBC from a female donor
Being a small cell with disc-like concave body he explains how he is able to squeeze through small capillaries and arterioles easily where other bigger blood cells could not.
Red Bull also described why he may take a longer time to complete his journey depending on the blood pressure, resistance of the arterioles and capillaries and the amount of cells present in the blood at a single point of time.
In a story told by one of his fellow Red Blood Cell called Mac who was stuck in the corpus cavernous space of the penis during an erection and was unable to move until ejaculation of the semen and sperms took place.
There was also the time when Red Bull and Humerous Red were attacked by a virus but a white blood cell called Big White saved them.
Another time they nearly were sucked out through a hole in a blood vessel but happily the platelets came to their rescue and sealed the hole in the blood vessel before it leaked blood.
They also described why they like traveling through the heart which is like a roller coastal ride for them as they tried to escape the snapping of the valves and the adrenaline rush as they are pushed out of the heart into the lung blood vessels.
In the lungs the heme in their cells were able to capture the bubbles of oxygen which often give them a high because of the freshness of oxygen.
As they went through the body the oxygen gas is released to the cells.
Some of them needed the oxygen urgently and thanked them profusely.
Others left the RBCs holding on to their carbon dioxide which are brought back to the lungs and exchanged for more oxygen.
That was their main function in the body being the RBCs, to provide oxygen to all cells and remove carbon dioxide from these cells and replenish with new oxygen.
Red Bull was born in the bone marrow of the Pelvis while Humerous Red was born 2 days later in the bone marrow of the humerus (which explained his name) and also because HR likes to tell jokes.
The birth of the red blood cells occur through a process called erythropoiesis.
Erythropoiesis can be activated by the hormone erythropoietin, which is synthesized by the kidney in response to hypoxia (oxygen deficiency).
Iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, copper, protein are needed for hemoglobin synthesis and normal RBC maturation.
The red blood cells require about seven days to mature.
Just before and after leaving the bone marrow, the developing blood cells are called reticulocytes.
These are immature RBCs that have shed their nuclei after initial differentiation.
After 24 hours in the bloodstream, the reticulocytes become mature functional RBCs.
Red Bull and HR make an amazing 75,000 trips around the body in their 120 days life span.
Because they have no nucleus, they were not able to repair themselves or synthesize new cellular components.
Eventually they wear out.
Most aging RBCs are removed from circulation by specialized white blood cells called macrophages that are present within the liver spleen and lymph nodes.
The macrophages swallow up RBCs.
In front of a tearful HR, Red Bull was swallowed by a macrophage.
“Red Bull will not be charging any more” he quipped before being swallowed.
“They have drunk my Red Bull” Humorous replied “They will feel the power of a Red Bull”
The macrophage has broken Red Bull into 2 parts (heme and globulin).
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 The Story of Red Bull
Chapter 2 Bone Marrow
Chapter 3 Heart & Lungs
Chapter 4 Brain
Chapter 5 Skin
Chapter 6 Digestive System
Chapter 7 Kidney & Reproductive System
Chapter 8 Female Reproductive System
Chapter 9 Muscles
Chapter 9 Death of Red Bull

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155955559
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	01/24/2019
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	934 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"