Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment: What Should You Know About it?

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Sickle Cell Anemia
Lets Fight for a Cure
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What is SickleCell Anemia?

• A group of disorders that cause red blood cells
  to become misshapen and break down.
• It is passed down through families. (Genetic
  disorder)
• Sickle cell disease is chronic but treatable and
  is not a death sentence.
• Patients with sickle cell disease require
  comprehensive care

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What Causes Sickle Cell Disease?

• Both your parents need to pass the abnormal
  hemoglobin gene on to you in order for you to
  develop the disease.
• If both your parents carry the defective gene,
  you have a 1 in 4 chance of inheriting the
  disease.
• If a child is born with one defective
  hemoglobin-beta gene, he may become a carrier of
  the disease.

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Early Symptoms of SCD

• Fatigue
• Paleness
• Rapid heart rate
• Shortness of breath
• Yellowing of the eyes and skin (jaundice)
• Poor eyesight or blindness
• Problems with thinking or confusion caused by
  small strokes

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How Is Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosed?

• Screening Tests
• Newborn Screening
• Prenatal Screening
• Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
• Serum potassium
• Sickle cell test

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Treatment for a Sickle Cell Anemia

• Bone marrow or stem cell transplants
• Blood transfusions (may also be given regularly
  to prevent stroke)
• Pain medicines
• Plenty of fluids

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When to Contact a Doctor

• Call your health care provider if you have
• Any symptoms of infection (fever, body aches,
  headache, fatigue)
• Pain crises
• Painful and long-term erection (in men)

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