Treatment guideline

G6PD Deficiency

Anaesthesia is a state of controlled reversible loss of consciousness usually accompanied by analgesia, muscle relaxation, amnesia and areflexia.

Haemolytic anaemia results from an increase in the rate of red cell destruction in the intravascular or in the reticuloendothelial system in some pathological disorders.

Defined as serum sodium (Na+) levels less than 135mEq/L. It can be classified as: Mild hyponatremia (130-135 mEq/L), Moderate hyponatremia (125 -129 mEq/L), Severe hyponatremia (< 125mEq/L).

A lack of iron in the body (mainly due to nutritional deficiency, chronic blood loss, malabsorption and hookworm infestations and increased demand such as during pregnancy).

Medicines used as local anaesthetics cause revisable absence of pain sensation, although other senses are often affected as well