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Metahemoglobinemia adquirida - All Information

Definición:

La metahemoglobinemia es un trastorno sanguíneo en el cual el cuerpo no puede reutilizar la hemoglobina después de que ésta se daña. La hemoglobina es la molécula que transporta el oxígeno y que se encuentra en los glóbulos rojos. En algunos casos de metahemoglobinemia, la hemoglobina es incapaz de transportar el oxígeno de manera efectiva a los tejidos del cuerpo.

La metahemoglobinemia adquirida resulta de la exposición a ciertos fármacos, químicos o alimentos.

La afección también se puede transmitir de padres a hijos (hereditaria). Ver: metahemoglobinemia

Células sanguíneas

Reviewed last on: 3/28/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Steinberg MH. Sickle cell disease and associated hemoglobinopathies. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 167.

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