GLOSSARY Words & Terms

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ACROCYANOSIS “Blueish” Color Skin Condition/Disease
ACUTE-PHASE SERUM
  Active (Acute) Viral or Bacterial Infection
AGGLUTINATION 
Red Cells Clump together and burst/die
ANA Antinuclear Antibodies
ANTIBODIES  IgG  IgM

ANEMIA
  –
Aplastic, Hemolytic, Iron Deficiency, Pernicious
AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
BAIR HUGGER
Surgery Warming Blankets, Gowns, etc
BENDAMUSTINE  Also Rituxan-Bendamustine Combo
BILIRUBIN
BONE MARROW BIOPSY (BMB)
Tests Blood Cell production
BORTEZOMIB
Treatment Pharmaceutical
C3 Blood Protein “Complement System” “Immune System”
CAMPYLOBACTER  Infection
Campylobacteriosis
CAD
Cold Agglutinin Disease
CAD (Primary)
CAD (Secondary) or CAS
CAD verses CAS
Cold Agglutinin Disease v Cold Agglutinin Syndrome
CAS
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome
CBC
Complete Blood Count
COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE Rare type of Hemolytic Anemia
COLD AGGLUTININ QUANT Blood test results are a Titer/Ratio
COLD HEAMAGGLUTININ DISEASE Same as Cold Agglutinin Disease
COLD HEMAGGLUTININS  Cold Autoantibodies, Cold-Reacting Antibodies
COLD TRIGGERED DISEASES & AILMENTS CAD, Raynauds, Hives, etc
COLD URTICARIA Hives
COMORBIDITY – Presence of additional medical conditions
CONVALESCENT SERUM
  Serum from someone that has recovered
COOMBS TEST
Checks for antibodies that attack Red Blood Cells
COVID – Index  General info, Treatments, Preventatives
CRYOGLOBULINEMIA Clumping Blood Proteins
DAT BLOOD TEST – See COOMBS TEST
DIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST See COOMBS TEST
DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN diseases Not just CAD
ELECTROPHORESIS
ENJAYMO a.k.a  Sutimlimab-jome (Pharmaceutical Treatment)
ERYTHROPOIETIN Hormone that signals stems cells to produce RBC
EVUSHELD  Monoclonal Antibody See Covid – Index – Treatments
FERRITIN TEST Iron Stores/Stored Iron
FLUDARABINE
HAMA TEST Human Anti-Murine (Mouse) Antibody Test
HEMAGGLUTININS Cold Hemagglutinins
HEMOLYSIS When Red Blood Cells prematurely die or are destroyed
HEMATOCRIT Ratio of RBC’s in Blood
HEMOGLOBIN the protein in Red Blood Cells that carry Oxygen
HAPTOGLOBIN (Hp) protein produced by the liver
Hgb METERS Self Testing with CAD?
HIVES see Cold Urticaria
HOMOCYSTINURIA High Ferritin Levels (Iron Stores)
IDIOPATHIC Disease that exists with no known cause
IMMUNOMODULATION Alteration of the Immune Response
IRON “LEVELS” verses IRON “STORES”
ITCHY SKIN CAD Related
IgA Antibodies Immunoglobulin A
IgG Antibodies Immunoglobulin G
IgM Antibodies Immunoglobulin M
IMBRUVICA® ibrutinib Treatment for Lymphoma and Waldenstrom’s 
IVIG  IVIG or IVIg is Intravenous Immunoglobulin
“KEEP IT WARM” Technique  A CAD blood draw and testing method
LIVEDO RITUCILARIS “Mottled Skin” web-like Splotches Discoloration
LYMPHOCYTES
White Blood Cells
MEDICAL ID various methods CAD’s need this
MONOTHERAPY
NECROSIS See Tissue Necrosis
PARVO B19
Virus
PLASMAPHERESIS   Plasma Exchange/Cleansing
PLATELETS cells that aid in clotting
PRIMARY CAD (Unknown Cause)
PROCRIT INJECTIONS Stimulates/Increases Red Cell Production
RAYNAUD’s DISEASE and others that discolor the skin
RBC Red Blood Cell Count- Hemoglobin-Erythrocyte Count
RDW Red Cell Distribution Width
RED BLOOD  CELLS
RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH
See RDW
RITUXAN (Rituximab)
RITUXAN INFUSION
 
Temperature – Use a Warming Machine or Not?
RITUXAN HYCELA
RITUXAN BENDAMUSTINE Combo
RETIC
The Iron & B12 Connection
RETIC or RETICULOCYTE COUNT Rate new Red Cells are Created
SECONDARY CAD (Associated with or triggered by another condition)
SKIN DISCOLORATION Diseases Not just CAD
SKIN ITCH CAD Related
SKIN TISSUE NECROSIS See Tissue Necrosis
SUTIMLIMAB
SUTIMLIMAB-JOME
a.k.a ENJAYMO (Pharmaceutical Treatment)
T CELLS

THERMAL APPLITUDE BLOOD TEST  Agglutination differing Temperatures
THROMBOCYTHEMIA Lower than normal Blood Platelet Count
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Lower than normal Blood Platelet Count
THYMUS
TISSUE NECROSIS
TITER  Ratio of Dilution
TRIGGERS – COLD DISEASES & AILMENTS CAD, Raynauds, Hives, etc
URTICARIA Cold Uticaria -HIVES
VELCADE
Treatment Pharmaceutical
VENESECTION
Puncturing vein to collect/remove blood
WALDENSTROM’S MACROGLOBULINEMIA
 Cancer – too many white cells
WARM AGGLUTININ DISEASE
WARMING TECHNIQUES
Phlebotomist – Lab printout
WHITE BLOOD CELLS

 

 

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