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Blood Count
| MEDICAL CONDITION | SUGGESTED SOLUTION | DISEASE MANAGEMENT / SCREENING GUIDELINES IN THE UNITED STATES | STATISTICS / RISK REDUCTION | |||
Abnormal red cells (oxygen carrying cells), white cells (cells protecting from infection), or platelets (cells protecting from bleeding) in the blood.
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Have your blood count i.e. Hemoglobin, white cell count and platelet count monitored yearly at least. (Aim for normal levels). |
World wide estimates are that there are about 2 billion people with anemia; approximately 50% of those are related to iron deficiency. (WHO/UNICEF/UNU. Iron deficiency anemia: assessment, prevention, and control. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 (WHO/NHD/01.3). Accessed 27 July 2004) More than 3 million individuals in the United States have anemia. MULTIPLE MYELOMA: Globally 1,000 new cases of multiple myeloma are diagnosed daily. Multiply myeloma is present in 75,000-100,000 individuals in the United States at any one time. |