Blood pH can go below 7.4 {acidosis}|, resulting in rapid breathing.
Low blood oxygen and high blood carbon dioxide result from decrease in hemoglobin and red-blood-cell number {anemia}|. Snake venom, malaria, burns, chemicals, blood loss, bone-marrow disease, vitamin-B12 deficiency, folic-acid deficiency, iron deficiency, blows, or shock can cause anemia.
Blood vessels can have blocks {embolus}| to blood flow.
People can absorb iron efficiently {hemochromatosis}.
Poisons, toxins, and immune reactions can break red blood cells {hemolysis}|.
Blood can have too-high pressure {hypertension}|.
Diarrhea can increase red-blood-cell number {polycythemia}|, causing poor blood flow.
Organisms or toxins can be in blood {septicemia}.
Different hemoglobins can make different-shaped red blood cells {sickle cell anemia}|.
Hemoglobin synthesis can be faulty {thalessemia}.
Molecules {thrombospondin} can bind to red blood cells, which then secrete molecules that make red blood cells stick to blood-vessel walls.
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