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Hemolysis or hemolysis

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is the medical term used to describe the

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destruction or breakdown of red blood cells.

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The combining form hemo actually means blood or in this case blood cells.

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While liso or lysis refers to the breaking down or destruction of something

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hemolysis is known to lead to anemia.

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A condition that develops when there is a low amount of red blood cells in the body.

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There are two types of

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hemolysis.

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There is extravascular hemolysis and intravascular hemolysis.

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The term extravascular simply means outside of the vessel, the blood vessels.

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While intravascular means within the blood vessels,

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hemolysis can be caused by quite a number of things.

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There are conditions that are caused by instability in hemoglobin such as

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sickle

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cell

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anemia and thalassemia.

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You have enzyme deficiencies like G six PD deficiency or

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pyruvate

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kinase deficiency.