Sickle Cell Disease

1. Sickle Cell Disease Kelsey Jarzembowski

2. If your red blood cells don't contain enough hemoglobin. • Your blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells. • Inherit a sickle hemoglobin gene from one parent and a normal gene from the other parent have a condition called sickle cell trait. Causes

3. Shortness of breath • Dizziness • Headaches • Coldness in the hands and feet • Paler than normal skin or mucous membranes (the tissue that lines your nose, mouth, and other organs and body cavities) • Jaundice (a yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes) Signs

4. Shortness of breath • Dizziness • Headaches • Coldness in the hands and feet • Paler than normal skin or mucous membranes (the tissue that lines your nose, mouth, and other organs and body cavities) • Jaundice (a yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes) Symptoms

5. Hand-Foot Syndrome • Splenic Crisis • Infections • Acute Chest Syndrome • Pulmonary Hypertension • Stroke • Eye Problems • Gallstones • Ulcers on the Legs • Multiple Organ Failure Complications

6. No cure, but things to relieve symptoms and treat complications. • Treating Pain • Medicines and fluids • Hydroxyurea • Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant • Gene Therapy • New medicines Treatments

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