An autoimmune destructive disease characterized by atrophy of the thyroid gland. Tests to measure hemoglobin concentration and to determine abnormal hemoglobin types are performed to identify anemias and other blood diseases. When the red blood cells break apart.
Hemolysis can cause interference for certain assays.
This disease is characterized by an enlarged liver, jaundice, diminished appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain. Hepatitis A, also known as infectious hepatitis, is transmitted by contaminated food or water and personal contact, and is most often found in children or young adults. Hepatitis B, formerly called serum hepatitis, may be transmitted through contaminated blood or needles, as well as sexually, and has a longer incubation period than that of hepatitis A. Hepatitis B can result in chronic active hepatitis. Radioimmunoassays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays may be used to screen for hepatitis. A part of the hepatitis B virus that, when in the blood, is one of the earliest markers of infection with hepatitis B virus, appearing even before symptoms.