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Sickle Cell Disease

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Sickle Cell Disease

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    1. Sickle Cell Disease Matt Lawson

    2. Heredity: Sickle Cell Disease

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    4. Signs and Symptoms The most common signs or symptoms are related to: Anemia Pain when sickle-shaped red blood cells block the flow of blood to an organ The general signs or symptoms of anemia are: Fatigue (feeling very tired) Paleness Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes) Shortness of breath

    5. Medical sickle cell anemia may and can cause death no cure for disease yet Two separate types Sickle cell hemoglobin (HbSS) Hemoglobin C with sickling (HbSC) treatments: penicillin prophylaxis, vaccination against pneumococcus bacteria and folic acid supplementation. Medicans to help: antibiotics, pain management, intravenous fluids, blood transfusion, and surgery backed by psychosocial support Blood transfusions help sickle cell patients by reducing recurrent pain crises, risk of stroke, and other complications Most patients live to twenty to fifty years of age

    6. Personal recurrent aplastic and hemolytic crises resulting in anemia and gallstones multisystem disease (kidney, liver, lung) narcotic abuse splenic sequestration syndrome acute chest syndrome erectile dysfunction (as a result of priapism) blindness/visual impairment neurologic symptoms and stroke joint destruction gallstones infection, including pneumonia, cholecystitis (gallbladder), osteomyelitis (bone), and urinary tract infection parvovirus B19 infection resulting in aplastic crisis tissue death of the kidney loss of function of the spleen leg ulcers death

    7. Possible Cures Although no “golden cure” there is possible options such as: Droxia Hydroxyurea Although there are some complications… red blood cells contain iron so there is no natural way for body to eliminate it

    8. Sickle Cell References

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