Encyclopedia: Fetal Hemoglobin
Fetal hemoglobin, or Foetal haemoglobin in British English, is the main oxygen transport protein in the fetus during the last seven months of development in the uterus. Functionally, fetal hemoglobin differs most from adult hemoglobin in that it is able to bind oxygen with greater affinity than the adult form, giving the developing fetus better access to oxygen from the mother's bloodstream. In newborns, fetal hemoglobin is nearly completely replaced...
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Is their anyone, medical professional/sickle cell patient, that can tell me something other than the...
sickle cell = a serious condition in which the red blood cells can become sickle-shaped (that is, shaped like a C ). fetal hemoglobin...
Asked by Tamica M - 4 months ago
ie: a fetus has hemoglobin F, and an adult has hemoglobin A...i need some other...
There are many, eg: Pulmonary blood flow increases and ductus arteriosus closes after birth
Asked by Amber - 7 months ago
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Need advice
Fetal hemoglobin levels. He is seeing a hematologist/oncologist to determine if he has bone marrow fetal hemoglobin can be associated with CF? I am just so exhausted with all the testing and I feel like
Jun 22, 2008
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Why haemoglobin content in newborn is more?
is the physiology behind that? Best Answer Hemoglobin is a molecule comprised of four subunits. Each of subunits, alpha and beta. Each gram of hemoglobin can carry 1.34 ml of oxygen. The oxygen carrying
Jun 15, 2008
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I had a scary day yesterday...*O/B appt Updated*
are both okay...they did a fetal hemoglobin blood test to see if the baby was okay and in any kind I didn't get a chance to update with all the crazy things that happened yesterday! I was in...
Jul 18, 2008
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Severely deficient
WHAT besides bleeding, can cause Hemoglobin and Hematocrit levels to continue to drop? I have severe iron deficient ...
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Hi, I am really hoping that this is a silly question. I am 30 weeks pregnant, when I was 7 weeks pregnant I spent some t...
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I wrote this out as sorta a note to myself to bring to the doctors and ask question. Excuse it for being rambling but may...
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How is hemoglobin made?
hemoglobin, like all blood cells, are made in the marrow of the bones. They are a chain of proteins. Hemoglobin cells are those that give blood it's red color (are present in red blood cells), and...
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Can a fathers drinking cause fetal alcohol syndrome?
I understand that it can affect sperm; but that was only one report and I heard it a long time ago....
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