Sickle cell - an inherited condition

Sickle cell anemia is an anemic condition, genetically inherited and causes red blood cells to form abnormally. normal red blood cells are round and transport oxygen around the body, but with sickle cell anemia, the cells are more than a "C"-shape or crescent moon, become lodged in blood vessels, blood flow due to oxygen and slowed down by the body. These cells do not die within ten to twenty days and the bone marrowReplace these red blood cells at a pace fast enough, this brings the condition of anemia.

Main symptoms

The main symptoms are the same symptoms, fatigue, and are associated with all types of anemia include tiredness. Other symptoms may include chest pain, cold hands and feet, dizziness, headache, shortness of breath and pallor.

With sickle cell disease, people often cause chronic paina crisis if the effect of clumping of sickle cell blood is the blood flow to small vessels of organs and limbs that are blocked.

When a crisis occurs, the person experiences, can suffer from acute pain. This pain usually lasts a few hours, but in severe cases, it was until a few days. sickle cell disease is diagnosed most commonly seen in children from the age of four months, especially in people of African descent American.

TheTreatment of

Treatments for sickle cell anemia have primarily focused on mobile alleviate pain and sickle complications Caused the symptoms of this disease as the only possible cure is a bone marrow transplant, the risk is a factor which can be fatal and search for an exact match donor is extremely difficult.

Most people with sickle cell disease are under constant medical supervision with dedicated professionals whoThe treatment of this disease that affects a wide range of treatments and medications.

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