en.unionpedia.org

Hemolytic jaundice, the Glossary

Hemolytic jaundice, also known as prehepatic jaundice, is a type of jaundice arising from hemolysis or excessive destruction of red blood cells, when the byproduct bilirubin is not excreted by the hepatic cells quickly enough.^[1]

92 relations: Acute chest syndrome, ADAMTS13, Alanine transaminase, Albumin, Alkaline phosphatase, Anemia, Aspartate transaminase, Athetoid cerebral palsy, Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Bartonella, Basal ganglia, Beta thalassemia, Bilirubin, Bilirubin diglucuronide, Biliverdin, Biliverdin reductase, Blood, Blood smear, Blood transfusion, Carbon monoxide, Chronic condition, Circulatory system, Complete blood count, Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, Coombs test, Cranial nerve nucleus, Diagnosis, Elastic fiber, Etiology, Exchange transfusion, Excretion, Extracellular fluid, Fc receptor, Feces, Gastrointestinal tract, Geniculate nucleus, Globin, Glomerulus, Glucuronic acid, Haptoglobin, Hearing loss, Heme, Heme oxygenase, Hemoglobin, Hemoglobinuria, Hemolysis, Hemolytic anemia, Hemopexin, Hepatocyte, Hereditary spherocytosis, ... Expand index (42 more) »
Blood disorders
Disorders originating in the perinatal period
Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn
Symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen

Acute chest syndrome

The acute chest syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in people with sickle cell anemia.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Acute chest syndrome

ADAMTS13

ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13)—also known as von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWFCP)—is a zinc-containing metalloprotease enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand factor (vWf), a large protein involved in blood clotting.

See Hemolytic jaundice and ADAMTS13

Alanine transaminase

Alanine transaminase (ALT) is a transaminase enzyme.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Alanine transaminase

Albumin

Albumin is a family of globular proteins, the most common of which are the serum albumins.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Albumin

Alkaline phosphatase

The enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP, alkaline phenyl phosphatase) is a phosphatase with the physiological role of dephosphorylating compounds.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Alkaline phosphatase

Anemia

Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Anemia

Aspartate transaminase

Aspartate transaminase (AST) or aspartate aminotransferase, also known as AspAT/ASAT/AAT or (serum) glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT, SGOT), is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaminase enzyme that was first described by Arthur Karmen and colleagues in 1954.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Aspartate transaminase

Athetoid cerebral palsy

Athetoid cerebral palsy, or dyskinetic cerebral palsy (sometimes abbreviated ADCP), is a type of cerebral palsy primarily associated with damage, like other forms of CP, to the basal ganglia in the form of lesions that occur during brain development due to bilirubin encephalopathy and hypoxic–ischemic brain injury.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Athetoid cerebral palsy

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is an autoimmune disorder which occurs when antibodies directed against the person's own red blood cells (RBCs) cause them to burst (lyse), leading to an insufficient number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in circulation (anemia).

See Hemolytic jaundice and Autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Bartonella

Bartonella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Bartonella

Basal ganglia

The basal ganglia (BG) or basal nuclei are a group of subcortical nuclei found in the brains of vertebrates.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Basal ganglia

Beta thalassemia

Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Beta thalassemia

Bilirubin

Bilirubin (BR) (from the Latin for "red bile") is a red-orange compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Bilirubin

Bilirubin diglucuronide

Bilirubin di-glucuronide is a conjugated form of bilirubin formed in bilirubin metabolism.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Bilirubin diglucuronide

Biliverdin

Biliverdin (from the Latin for green bile) is a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, and is a product of heme catabolism.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Biliverdin

Biliverdin reductase

Biliverdin reductase (BVR) is an enzyme found in all tissues under normal conditions, but especially in reticulo-macrophages of the liver and spleen.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Biliverdin reductase

Blood

Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Blood

Blood smear

A blood smear, peripheral blood smear or blood film is a thin layer of blood smeared on a glass microscope slide and then stained in such a way as to allow the various blood cells to be examined microscopically.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Blood smear

Blood transfusion

Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Blood transfusion

Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Carbon monoxide

Chronic condition

A chronic condition (also known as chronic disease or chronic illness) is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Chronic condition

Circulatory system

The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Circulatory system

Complete blood count

A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Complete blood count

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA) is a rare blood disorder, similar to the thalassemias.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia

Coombs test

The direct and indirect Coombs tests, also known as antiglobulin test (AGT), are blood tests used in immunohematology.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Coombs test

Cranial nerve nucleus

A cranial nerve nucleus is a collection of neurons (gray matter) in the brain stem that is associated with one or more of the cranial nerves.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Cranial nerve nucleus

Diagnosis

Diagnosis (diagnoses) is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Diagnosis

Elastic fiber

Elastic fibers (or yellow fibers) are an essential component of the extracellular matrix composed of bundles of proteins (elastin) which are produced by a number of different cell types including fibroblasts, endothelial, smooth muscle, and airway epithelial cells.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Elastic fiber

Etiology

Etiology (alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Etiology

Exchange transfusion

An exchange transfusion is a blood transfusion in which the patient's blood or components of it are exchanged with (replaced by) other blood or blood products.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Exchange transfusion

Excretion

Excretion is elimination of metabolic waste, which is an essential process in all organisms.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Excretion

In cell biology, extracellular fluid (ECF) denotes all body fluid outside the cells of any multicellular organism.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Extracellular fluid

Fc receptor

In immunology, an Fc receptor is a protein found on the surface of certain cells – including, among others, B lymphocytes, follicular dendritic cells, natural killer cells, macrophages, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, human platelets, and mast cells – that contribute to the protective functions of the immune system.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Fc receptor

Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Feces

Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Gastrointestinal tract

Geniculate nucleus

Geniculate nucleus may refer to two structures in the brain.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Geniculate nucleus

Globin

The globins are a superfamily of heme-containing globular proteins, involved in binding and/or transporting oxygen.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Globin

Glomerulus

Glomerulus (glomeruli) is a common term used in anatomy to describe globular structures of entwined vessels, fibers, or neurons.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Glomerulus

Glucuronic acid

Glucuronic acid (from Greek γλεῦκος "sweet wine, must" and οὖρον "urine") is a uronic acid that was first isolated from urine (hence the name "uronic acid").

See Hemolytic jaundice and Glucuronic acid

Haptoglobin

Haptoglobin (abbreviated as Hp) is the protein that in humans is encoded by the HP gene.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Haptoglobin

Hearing loss

Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hearing loss

Heme

Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin, which is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Heme

Heme oxygenase

Heme oxygenase, or haem oxygenase, (HMOX, commonly abbreviated as HO) is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of heme to produce biliverdin, ferrous iron, and carbon monoxide.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Heme oxygenase

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hemoglobin

Hemoglobinuria

Hemoglobinuria is a condition in which the oxygen transport protein hemoglobin is found in abnormally high concentrations in the urine.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hemoglobinuria

Hemolysis

Hemolysis or haemolysis, also known by several other names, is the rupturing (lysis) of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma).

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hemolysis

Hemolytic anemia

Hemolytic anemia or haemolytic anaemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs), either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the human body (extravascular).

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hemolytic anemia

Hemopexin

Hemopexin (or haemopexin; Hpx; Hx), also known as beta-1B-glycoprotein, is a glycoprotein that in humans is encoded by the HPX gene and belongs to the hemopexin family of proteins.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hemopexin

Hepatocyte

A hepatocyte is a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the liver.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hepatocyte

Hereditary spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a congenital hemolytic disorder wherein a genetic mutation coding for a structural membrane protein phenotype causes the red blood cells to be sphere-shaped (spherocytosis), rather than the normal biconcave disk shape.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hereditary spherocytosis

Hippocampus

The hippocampus (hippocampi; via Latin from Greek ἱππόκαμπος, 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Hippocampus

Immunoglobulin therapy

Immunoglobulin therapy is the use of a mixture of antibodies (normal human immunoglobulin) to treat several health conditions.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Immunoglobulin therapy

Infant

An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Infant

Intravascular hemolysis

Intravascular hemolysis describes hemolysis that happens mainly inside the vasculature.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Intravascular hemolysis

Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Iron

Jaundice

Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels. Hemolytic jaundice and Jaundice are symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Jaundice

Kernicterus

Kernicterus is a bilirubin-induced brain dysfunction. Hemolytic jaundice and Kernicterus are Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Kernicterus

Lactate dehydrogenase

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Lactate dehydrogenase

Light therapy

Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order to treat a variety of medical disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD), circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, cancers, and skin wound infections.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Light therapy

Liver

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Liver

Liver function tests

Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), also referred to as a hepatic panel, are groups of blood tests that provide information about the state of a patient's liver.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Liver function tests

Lung

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Lung

Macrophage

Macrophages (abbreviated Mφ, MΦ or MP) are a type of white blood cell of the innate immune system that engulf and digest pathogens, such as cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris, and foreign substances, which do not have proteins that are specific to healthy body cells on their surface.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Macrophage

Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Metabolism

Methemoglobin

Methemoglobin (British: methaemoglobin, shortened MetHb) (pronounced "met-hemoglobin") is a hemoglobin in the form of metalloprotein, in which the iron in the heme group is in the Fe3+ (ferric) state, not the Fe2+ (ferrous) of normal hemoglobin.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Methemoglobin

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) is a microangiopathic subgroup of hemolytic anemia (loss of red blood cells through destruction) caused by factors in the small blood vessels.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Morphology (biology)

Neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicity is a form of toxicity in which a biological, chemical, or physical agent produces an adverse effect on the structure or function of the central and/or peripheral nervous system.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Neurotoxicity

Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Oxygen

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Pathophysiology

Phagocytosis

Phagocytosis is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Phagocytosis

Phagosome

In cell biology, a phagosome is a vesicle formed around a particle engulfed by a phagocyte via phagocytosis.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Phagosome

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).

See Hemolytic jaundice and Pregnancy

Preterm birth

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Preterm birth

Red blood cell

Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes (with -cyte translated as 'cell' in modern usage) in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Red blood cell

Reticulocyte

In hematology, reticulocytes are immature red blood cells (RBCs).

See Hemolytic jaundice and Reticulocyte

Reticuloendothelial system

In anatomy the term reticuloendothelial system (abbreviated RES), often associated nowadays with the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS), was employed by the beginning of the 20th century to denote a system of specialised cells that effectively clear colloidal vital stains (so called because they stain living cells) from the blood circulation.

See Hemolytic jaundice and Reticuloendothelial system

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolytic_jaundice

Also known as Chauffard-Minkowski syndrome, Congenital hemolytic jaundice.

, Hippocampus, Immunoglobulin therapy, Infant, Intravascular hemolysis, Iron, Jaundice, Kernicterus, Lactate dehydrogenase, Light therapy, Liver, Liver function tests, Lung, Macrophage, Metabolism, Methemoglobin, Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, Morphology (biology), Neurotoxicity, Oxygen, Pathophysiology, Phagocytosis, Phagosome, Pregnancy, Preterm birth, Red blood cell, Reticulocyte, Reticuloendothelial system, Schistocyte, Sclera, Sickle cell disease, Signs and symptoms, Skin, Spleen, Thrombotic microangiopathy, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Umbilical line, Urinalysis, Urine, Urine test, Urobilinogen, Visual impairment, Water.

Hemolytic jaundice, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Blood disorders

Disorders originating in the perinatal period

Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn

Symptoms and signs: Digestive system and abdomen

References