What is Embden-Meyerhof pathway of RBC metabolism, explain as simple as possible CASE STUDY # 2A 2-year-old black girl is being seen by the hematologist after her pediatrician found her tobe severely anemic with splenomegaly and jaundice. Her mother gives a possible history ofa "blood problem" in her family but doesn't know for sure. Her hemoglobin electrophoresiswas normal, and the complete blood count (CBC) revealed a normocytic anemia. Theplatelet and white blood cell counts are normal. On the peripheral smear, there are manybizarre erythrocytes, including spiculated cells. A diagnosis of pyruvate kinase deficiency ismade.BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISM:Pyruvate kinase deficiency usually will manifest clinical symptoms on red blood cells (RBCS)with no apparent metabolic abnormalities in other cells. Insufficient adenosine triphosphate(ATP) is produced in the red cell and its membrane is affected, spiculated and removed bythe spleen.CLINICAL CORRELATIONHemolytic anemia is not a common cause of anemia but should be considered in patientswith elevated serum bilirubin or urine bilirubin levels. Lysis of the erythrocyte can occur fromvarious mechanisms such as medications, antibodies against red blood cells, infection,coagulopathy, and mechanical processes such as abnormal heart valves, and enzymedeficiencies of the red blood cell. Patients may notice fatigue, dizziness from the anemia,and dark colored (classically "coke-colored" urine) from the bilirubinuria. Confirmation ofhemolysis can be obtained by the peripheral blood smear revealing fragmented red bloodcells, or increased serum bilirubin or decreased serum haptoglobin. Immunoglobulins cancause red blood cell lysis by attacking various proteins on the surface of erythrocytes;autoimmune processes (body attacking itself), or alloimmune (immunoglobulins fromoutside) such as from a blood transfusion or a fetus from the mother. The Coombs tests canassess for immunoglobulin on the red blood cell or circulating in the serum. Typically,hemolysis of the erythrocyte is associated with increased levels of RBC precursors in thebone marrow and thus immature forms of the erythrocytes in the bloodstream; therefore, anincreased reticulocyte concentration supports the increased destruction of red blood cells.

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