Anemia is a common disease in veterinary medicine. This disease can be explained as having a small amount of red blood cells in the circulation and a reduced amount of hemoglobin that reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. It develops by loss, destruction or deficiency of erythrocytes. Anemia is usually a secondary disease caused by other diseases or medical conditions. There are three types of anemia: regeneration, non-regeneration, and close relatives.
Defects can be caused by various medical conditions such as dehydration, stroke, myasthenia gravis (or other autoimmune disease), electrolyte imbalance, anemia, infection and so on. Obtaining current medical history and family history is essential to link other possible complications involved. (McGraw Hill Medical 2010) Mrs. Singer is diabetic; this can lead to weakness due to diabetic polyneuropathy. However understanding the type of diabetes in Mrs. Singer's diabetes will also help the nurse to confirm the medicine that Mrs. Singer is currently taking. Hypoglycemia also appears as weakness. These symptoms may also be related to overdose of insulin (if dependent on insulin) or other hypoglycemic agents and not being able to eat as scheduled. Diascan's blood glucose monitoring will be done at this time. Because this may be a secondary DM, the involvement of the kidney is also evaluated. Electrolyte blood values are evaluated (Merck Manual 2010)
Hematocrit is usually ordered as part of the whole blood count calculation. It is important to evaluate anemia and erythrocytosis, monitor dehydration recovery, treat anemia, maintain bleeding, check severity. In this practice, the hematocrit value is used to determine if the patient has red blood cell index MCV, MCH and MCHC. For red blood cell count, it is used to evaluate the decrease or increase in the number of red blood cells per liter of blood. It is a parameter explained with hematocrit. Decrease in hematocrit value and decrease in red blood cell count indicates anemia
Anemia is not a disease, but it is a sign that the body has some problem with its erythrocyte (erythrocyte). Anemia occurs when a person does not have the correct amount of red blood cells or hemoglobin in their blood. Anemia is defined as a reduction in the amount of circulating red blood cells and the same decrease in blood oxygen carrying capacity (also known as hemoglobin). There are many types of anemia that are classified according to underlying cause. To determine which type, the doctor will explain the color, size and shape of red blood cells. Treatment needs to be treated by each kind. This means treatment of potential diseases