Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A condition in which blood is found in the peritoneal cavity.  

A condition in which blood is found in the pericardium. The presence of blood in the pericardium, the membranous sac which surrounds the heart. The condition may result from a myocardial infarction, leaking aneurysm, injury, or tumour. Because the pericardial blood compresses the heart, the latter’s pumping action is impeded, reducing the blood pressure and…

A condition in which haemolytic anaemia damages the kidneys. A disease of children resulting in acute renal failure. An illness with bloody diarrhoea and fever, usually caused by verocytotoxin produced by the bacterium E coli, most commonly type 0157, although sometimes by other microorganisms. It is followed after about 2 weeks by intravascular coagulation of…

Jaundice caused by haemolysis of the red blood cells.  

A condition in which the red blood cells of the fetus are destroyed because antibodies in the mother’s blood react against them. A potentially serious disease of the newborn, characterized by haemolytic anaemia (excessive destruction of red blood cells) and jaundice. If severe, it may be obvious before birth because the baby becomes very oedematous…

Destroying red blood cells.  

A protein which destroys red blood cells.  

The printed result of a blood test.  

A condition in which haemoglobin is found in the urine. The presence of blood pigment in the urine caused by the destruction of blood corpuscles in the blood vessels or in the urinary passages. It turns urine a dark red or brown colour. In some people this condition, known as intermittent haemoglobinuria, occurs intermittently, especially…

An inherited disease of a group which result from damaging variations in the production of haemoglobin, e.g. sickle-cell anaemia. Haemoglobinopathies refer to genetic disorders characterized by faulty production of the globin chains of haemoglobin—the oxygen-carrying substance in the blood. Examples of haemoglobinopathies include sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemias.