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causes the yellow color) from these broken down cells builds up in the system causing jaundice. • Priapism. A painful obstruction of the penis by sickle cells. If not promptly treated, it can result in impotence. Any and all major organs are affected by sickle cell disease. The liver, heart, kidneys, gallbladder, eyes, bones, and joints can suffer damage from the abnormal function of the sickle cells and their inability to flow through the small blood vessels correctly. Problems may include the

Sickle Cell Disease was informally diagnosed in the early 1900’s by Dr. Ernest Irons. It wasn’t until the 1950’s that it was studied intensely. Linus Pauling and Harvey Itano were the first ones to critically study this disease. Sickle cell disease (SCD) was the first to be called a molecular genetic disease by Linus Pauling. Vernon Ingram later studied the disease into great detail which led him to discover the key difference in between SCD hemoglobin (Hb SS) and normal hemoglobin (Hb) (Adewoyin

Thalassaemia is an anaemic blood disorder caused by inherited deficiency of alpha- or beta-globin synthesis in the production of haemoglobin, a major constituent of erythrocytes (Mosby 2012 p.1760). Although the disorder is now known to affect many individuals and has a vast global distribution, the word ‘thalassaemia’ originally derived from Greek roots for ‘the sea’ and ‘blood’, under the mistaken belief that it was confined to the Mediterranean region (Weatherall 2001, p.1). The disorder was discovered

3. Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive condition. A person must inherit sickle cell genes from both the parents to have the disease. Sometimes, a person will receive sickle cell gene from one parent and a regular gene from the other, which are the carrier for sickle cell. These carriers has no health problems unless it is exposed to extreme conditions. It also decreases the severity of malaria. When both parents are genetic carriers of the disease, each child has a chance of: 25%- suffer

Doctors say that in most situations the best form of treatment for severe blood diseases, and sometimes even leukemia, is a transfusion or transplant from a genetically-matched donor, but most often existing family members are not compatible to the ill child and suitable donors may not be present (“Pre-implantation” 1). With such

Ojong Bate “Coping strategies and techniques amongst people living with sickle cell Disease” Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the many chronic health conditions yet to be well understood by health care professionals; hematologists included. It is an inherited genetic condition characterized by sickled shaped red blood cells, which alter their oxygen carring capacity. Sickle cell disease is passed from parents to offspring and it is characterized by numerous complications such

decided to order a blood test to determine the cause of these symptoms. After performing a complete blood count test (CBC), which is often used to measure the number of blood cells in a sample of blood (including red blood cells and hemoglobin, the iron-containing molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen), results were reviewed and I was diagnosed with anemia, which was caused by an iron deficiency. This means that my stores of iron were too low to support red blood cell production. Beef,

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deficiency is the most common type of anemia, along with the most advanced stage of iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there is low amount of iron in the body, and without iron the bone marrow cannot make hemoglobin for the red blood cells. Iron deficiency occurs mostly in women and children, but can also affect the elderly. Regardless of gender or age, anemia has been identified in numerous studies as an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality “(In developing countries

falling off a ladder causing fractured hip, ankles and ribs, and generalized bruising and skin tears. Throughout the shift, Mr. Stewart continually complains of pain in different areas. Mr. Stewart says he is in pain and his first set of vitals were blood pressure (BP) 200/110, heart rate (HR) 130, respiration rate (RR) 44 and shallow, SaO2 72% on room air. His second set of vitals after the second dose of Lasix was BP140/50, HR 84, RR 30, SatO2 97% on 35% O2 via mask, and Temp 38.0. He is currently