Pathophysiology of health and disease

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Sport Biomedicine and Nutrition                                                            ST07001388

Pathophysiology Practical

Name: Jamie Williams

Student Number: ST07001388

Course: Sport Biomedicine and Nutrition

Module: Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology of Disease

In this practical write up I will establish the haematological indices of a patient’s blood, in order to determine how healthy the individual is. We can establish what diseases the patient is suffering from or what diseases they may suffer from due to the symptoms they are showing.

‘Pathophysiology is the study of the disturbance of normal , , and  functions, either caused by a , or resulting from a disease or abnormal syndrome, or condition that may not qualify to be called a disease’. (Kumar, V et al). More formally, it is the branch of medicine which deals with any disturbances of body functions, caused by disease or prodromal symptoms.

Hematology is the branch of biology (physiology), , , , and  that is concerned with the study of , the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. Hermatology includes the study of , , treatment, , and  of blood diseases. The lab work that goes into the study of blood is performed by a .

Blood diseases affect the production of blood and its components, such as , , , the mechanism of , etc.

Physicians specialized in hematology are known as haematologists. Their routine work mainly includes the care and treatment of patients with haematological diseases, although some may also work at the haematology laboratory viewing  and  slides under the , interpreting various haematological test results. In some institutions, haematologists also manage the haematology laboratory. Physicians who work in haematology laboratories, and most commonly manage it, are pathologists specialized in the diagnosis of haematological diseases, referred to as haematopathologists. Haematologists and haematopathologists generally work in conjunction to formulate a diagnosis and deliver the most appropriate therapy if needed. Haematology is a distinct subspecialty of internal medicine, separate from but overlapping with the subspecialty of medical oncology.

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Results

*1pg = 10-12g

   

Discussion

After looking at the results, we can see that all three blood samples are different. This means that we have some problems here but we can identify what the problems are by the results provided.

Red blood cells are the most common type of  and the  body's principal means of delivering  to the body tissues via the . The cells are filled with , a  that can bind to oxygen. They take ...

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