1. Disorders
DisordersDisordersPermalink: https:// /disorders/ ?Discuss:The module mentioned that
sickle cell disease was an adaptive response against malaria. Why do you think such an
adaptation occurred? Why do people who no longer live in parts of the world where malaria
is prevalent still develop the disease?Your patient with chronic lung disease has just been
diagnosed with secondary polycythemia. She asks you to explain this disease in language
she can understand since she has no medical background. What would you say to her?You
are a student doing summer healthcare work in a small village in Central America. You have
been told that the local people have serious health problems related to iron deficiency
anemia. There are no vitamins available for them to take. Consider alternative methods with
which iron levels could be increased. *** Topic *** Disorders of Erythrocyte Functions
