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… Home Blood Sugar Diary On this page: Overview Overview Name: _________________________________ Blood sugar target range: ________ to _______. Track your blood sugar each day. Home blood sugar diary Week of ______. …
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… Blood Clots in the Leg Veins On this page: Overview Overview Blood clots can happen in veins. A blood clot in a vein close to the skin isn't likely to cause …
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… Home Blood Pressure Log On this page: Overview Overview Name: ________________________ Target blood pressure: __________ Date Time (a.m.) Blood pressure Time (p.m.) Blood pressure Comments Sample: …
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… developing baby. The disease can also be spread through blood or blood products. If you have fifth disease, you will … including: Those with chronic hemolytic anemias (such as sickle cell disease) can have life-threatening complications Those …
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… Thick and Thin Blood Smears for Malaria On this page: Overview Why It Is … smears will let doctors know the percentage of red blood cells that are infected (parasite density) and what type of … Medicine W. David Colby IV MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease Current as of: September 8, 2022 Author: Healthwise …
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… Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease On this page: Overview Overview … artery disease. Smoking: Causes the platelets in your blood to clump together easily by making your blood cells more "sticky" and more likely to form clots. Clumping …
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… End-Stage Renal Disease On this page: … your whole body. It can cause serious heart, bone, lung, blood, and brain problems. What causes it? Diabetes and high … Your parathyroid hormone (PTH) level. Your red blood cells, to see if you have anemia of chronic kidney disease. …
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… Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, and Blood Sugar On this page: Overview Overview The body uses … fat . Carbohydrate is the nutrient that most affects your blood sugar. Protein and fat do not raise blood sugar as … carries blood sugar (glucose) to provide energy to cells throughout the body. The blood sugar is produced when …
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… Arterial Blood Gases (ABG) Test On this page: Test Overview Why It Is … measures how much of the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is carrying oxygen (O2). Blood for an ABG test is … is done to: Check for severe breathing problems and lung diseases, such as asthma , cystic fibrosis , or chronic …
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… Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Last updated October 29, 2024 HealthLink BC … by an abnormal prion – a protein found on the surface of cells. The abnormal prion attaches to other brain cell proteins and bends them out of shape. They attack the …
