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Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle Cell Anemia. By: Malarie, Ivan, Jacob, Jordyn, Zac. Child: Emotional Feelings. How do I feel about this disorder? I feel scared and in pain. What am I afraid of? That I could get really sick and maybe die. Child: Positive Feelings. Is there anything to be happy about?

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Sickle Cell Anemia

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  1. Sickle Cell Anemia By: Malarie, Ivan, Jacob, Jordyn, Zac

  2. Child: Emotional Feelings • How do I feel about this disorder? I feel scared and in pain. What am I afraid of? That I could get really sick and maybe die.

  3. Child: Positive Feelings Is there anything to be happy about? There is a good chance I could get better. What will my friends think? They will maybe support and stick with me through it. How will they treat me at school? They will maybe start a fundraiser to raise money to help find a solution for my disease.

  4. Child Information • I was born with sickle cell. Sickle cell is when some of your blood cells are shaped like crescent moons.

  5. Doctor • What are the symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia? • Answer for children. fatigue and shortness of breath irritability jaundice (yellowish disco ration of skin and eyes. • Answer for adulthood and adolescence . Delayed puberty (in young teenagers) severer joint pain progressive anemia leg sores gum disease and vision problems.

  6. Doctor • How do we find out more about this disorder? • We could keep studying ,reading books and performing more experiments on this disorder. Doctors and scientist are researching more on this disorder. • What ways can we help the symptoms? • Doctors give them supplements of folic acid. Some people take a drug called hydroxyurea , and some have to take large doses of narcotics

  7. Doctor • How did the child inherit the disorder? • The child could have sickle cell because they inherited it because a parent has the disease and the other has the trait. A child has 25% of getting it if a parent has the disorder and one has the trait. A child has a 50% if both parents have sickle cell disorder.

  8. Genetic Research Scientist Research On Sickle Cell Sickle Cell disease is a group of disorders that affect the hemoglobin. The hemoglobin is a molecule in red blood cells that deliver oxygen to cells throughout the body. People with sickle cell have atypical hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S which can distort red blood cells into a sickle shape.

  9. Genetic Research Scientist A Cure Bone marrow transplant is one cure, but finding a donor is hard because the procedure is risky and may cause death.

  10. Genetic Research Scientist What scientists know Approximately 80,000 Americans have sickle cell One in 100 Hispanic Americans have sickle cell One in 12 African Americans have sickle cell

  11. Parent • What ways will this disorder limit my child's life? • She’ll wont be able to do things other kids can do. • Ability to play sports? • She will be in the hospital so much she can’t play sports.

  12. Parent • How will the symptoms affect her? • She won’t be able to do physical activities because she will be in so much pain.

  13. Parent • What are the positive aspects of having this disorder? • Your body won’t change but your feelings will. • How can I encourage my child to look at this in a positive manner? • I’ll tell my child if you can make it through this you can make through anything.

  14. Patient played by: Malarie Burns Doctor played by: Ivan Delgadillo Parent played by: Jordyn Dickey  Genetic Research Scientist played by: Jacob Gravely The End!!!!!!

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