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Pete, thank you. My efforts to pass on what I have had the rare opportunities to learn and experience are met with INCREDIBLE resistance when they threaten the dive training industry. From: "PFVanScoik" <pvanscoi@ta*.rr*.co*> To: <hungryh@nc*.ne*> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 10:14 PM Subject: techdiver/sickle-cell anemia > irvine's spelling may be awful, but the gist of what he said is correct. > > In certain persons there is a variant form of hemoglobin (HbS). > After releasing oxygen these HbS fibrils twist into helical rods and distort > and elongate the RedBloodCells > into a "sickle" shape. These "sickled" RBC can obstruct microcirculation > (clog capillaries). > symptoms: chronic anemia ; shortness of breath; fever; and episodic crises > that are characterized by severe pain in the abdomen, bones, or muscles. > (two pages of text roughly summarized to 4 sentences of standard english) > > peterV > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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