Sickle+Cell+Anemia

Sickle Cell Anemia is a disorder caused by at least one of the hemoglobin sub-units, beta-globin being replaced with hemoglobin S. Sickle cell anemia is a co-dominance gene. If both parents have heterozygous normal genes a child is capable of having Sickle cell anemia.

Sickle Cell Anemia Symptoms


 * Severe pain in the chest, joints, bones, and abdomen
 * Difficulty breathing
 * Blockage of flow in the spleen or liver
 * Severe infections
 * Fatigue
 * Fever
 * Paleness
 * Ulcers on the lower legs

Treatments and preventions of death may include:
 * Folic acid supplements
 * Blood transfusions
 * Pain medication
 * Fluids
 * Hydroxyurea(Hydrea)
 * <span style="color: #0ee7d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Antibiotics
 * <span style="color: #0ee7d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Drug rehabilitation
 * <span style="color: #0ee7d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Kidney dialysis
 * <span style="color: #0ee7d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Surgeries if neccesary

<span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Tests performed to diagnose or monitor patients with sickle cell anemia: <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Facts about sickle cell anemia: <span style="color: #0ee7d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="color: #e87808; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Links: [] [] [] <[]
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Complete blood count
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Hemoglobin electrophoresis
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Bilirubin
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">CTI or MRI scan
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Blood oxygen
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Pap smear
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Serum creatinine
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Serum hemoglobim
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Serum pottassium
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Urinary casts
 * <span style="color: #de0c0c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">White blood cell count
 * <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Reduced life expectancy There is no prevention for Sickle Cell Anemia other than parents can find out if their child will have Sickle Cell Anemia by getting a genetic screening and can choose whether or not to have the child.
 * <span style="color: #19e718; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">1973 the average life expectancy was 14
 * <span style="color: #19e718; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Now people with sickle cell anemia live to be in their 40s and 50s sometimes 60s
 * <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Sickle cells have a lower life span and only live 10-20 days
 * <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The bone marrow can not replenish the dying sickle cells with the amount dying
 * <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">People diagnosed with sickle cell have a lower blood count
 * <span style="color: #47e619; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">People diagnosed with sickle cell have a lower blood count

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