Everything you need to know about bleeding disorders
Bleeding disorders are some of the most common disorders affecting almost all the people. Bleeding disorders: These are a group of disorders characterized by haemostasis and abnormal bleeding. The bleeding may be spontaneous in the form of small haemorrhages into the skin and mucous membranes….
Ischemia: Too much and too little is destructive
Hypoxia is a phenomenon that happens because of a lack of oxygen in cells and tissue. This can happen in a number of ways, and ischemia is one of them. Ischemia – “isch” means restraint or suppression and “emia” refers to blood. So ischemia means…
Hyperemia: Too Much and Too Little Is Destructive
Hyperemia – “hyper” refers to more and “emia” refers to blood. So, hyperemia is more blood flow in somewhere on the body. In case of hyperemia, the artery is vasodialate and because of vasodilation more blood flow into the artery. We can understand this with…
Thrombosis: The warning sign for arteries – Part 1
While hemostatic plugs aid in containing plasma and blood, thrombi forming in the cardiovascular system can cause serious conditions such as ischaemic injury (constricted blood flow leading to iscahemia and later infarction) and thrombosis (lodging of thrombus in a distant blood vessel). PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: When the…
Embolism: The warning sign for arteries – Part 2
Embolism is the partial or complete obstruction of the cardiovascular system by some part of a mass carried through the circulation. This mass is called an embolus. Most of these emboli are some forms of thromboemboli. Some types of emboli are, Depending upon matter in…
Anemia: The importance and value of precious red blood cells
Anemia is defined as the condition where the haemoglobin concentration in blood is below the lower limit of the normal range for that particular age or sex of the individual. For adults, the lower limit of haemoglobin concentration is given by, 11.5 g/dl for females…
Shock – Everything you need to know about the life threatening condition
Shock is a life threatening clinical syndrome due to the collapse of the cardiovascular system which is characterised by an acute reduction in the effective circulatory blood volume ( also known as Hypotension) and an inadequate perfusion of cells and tissues (Hypoperfusion) Types of Shock Primary shock…
Is Oedema One Of The Main Concepts In Pathology?
Hope you guys are familiar with the name pathology. Oedema is one of the most important concepts in pathology. This word has its origin from the Greek word “oidema” which means swelling. Oedema is nothing but fluid accumulation and it is a common derangements of…
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