how does g 6 pd deficiency break your red blood cells

Question: how does g 6 pd deficiency break your red blood cells
- Keywords:
  disease,
  red blood cells
Asked by 242bdya43 to Theresia, Katie, Giovanna, Duane, Andy on 12 Nov 2014.
- Duane Mellor answered on 12 Nov 2014:
  
  Do you mean glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase? If so, this helps to reduce something called oxidative stress which damages cells, so if G-6-PD is deficient either through genetics or flava bean poisoning oxidative stress increases and this can cause red blood cells to pop
- Andrew Philp answered on 13 Nov 2014:
  
  I’m sorry i don’t know the answer to this one
- Katie Pickering answered on 13 Nov 2014:
  
  I don’t know this either but sounds interesting.

Question: how does g 6 pd deficiency break your red blood cells