Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease involves the red blood cells, or hemoglobin, and their ability to carry oxygen. Normal hemoglobin cells are smooth, round, and flexible, like the letter "O," so they can move through the vessels in our bodies easily.
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Sickle cell disease, also known as sickle cell anemia, affects millions of people throughout the world.
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Sickle Cell Disease
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or sickle cell anemia, inherited disorder of the blood in which the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin pigment in erythrocytes (red blood cells) is abnormal.
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Hydroxyurea. Hydroxyurea (Droxia, Hydrea) destroys cells in the bone marrow, which results in an increase in special cells that can produce HbF.
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When sickle cell disease causes priapism, treatment usually starts with fluids given intravenously (into a vein), oxygen and transfusion of non-sickle blood. If this treatment is not effective, surgery may be required.
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If you have sickle cell disease or a similar type of chronic anemia, parvovirus infection can lead to severe anemia. See your doctor for treatment. Once the infection is under control, the anemia will get better.
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According to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, there are approximately 70,000 people living with the sickle cell anemia in the United States. Most of these patients are African American and Hispanic.
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inherited conditions, such as sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
autoimmune disorders, conditions in which a person's immune system attacks his or her own body.
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Detect inherited genetic disorders of your baby during pregnancy (such as Tay-Sachs disease, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, or thalassemia), especially if either you or the father has a family history of an inherited disorder.
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Chronic disease such as sickle cell disease, kidney failure, or chronic infection such as tuberculosis
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The presence of two abnormal genes cause a much more serious condition, the one your young neighbor probably has, full-blown sickle cell disease. Fortunately, this more serious condition only occurs in 0.2 percent of African Americans.
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If EPO, iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid all fail, your doctor should look for other causes such as sickle cell disease or an inflammatory problem.
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Sickle cell anemia is one of 3 common types of sickle cell disease in the US. The other two types are called hemoglobin SC disease and sickle thalassemia. The 3 conditions differ in the types and amounts of abnormal hemoglobin in the blood.
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Phase I trials have begun regarding its use in the treatment of acute chest syndrome (ACS) associated with sickle cell disease, ...
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This is particularly true of the elderly and people with chronic diseases (such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, other lung or heart diseases, sickle cell disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and forms of cancer).
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