Question 1

is sickle cell anemia a severe condition?

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Depends: It depends on the type of sickle cell disease a patient has, and how many attacks they get in a year and how severe those attacks are.

Question 2

can sickle-cell anemia be detected from a test?

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Yes: Certain blood work - i.e. Cbc, and a hemoglobin electrophoresis, - would need to be done to establish a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia.

Question 3

can you explain a punnet square of sickle cell anemia ?

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In 400 words?: This sounds like homework. 
This is simple mendelian genetics, the old 1:2:1 ratio of outcomes if two carriers mate.  So if two sickle carriers mate, 1/4 offspring will be wild-type, 2/4 will be carriers, and 1/4 will have full-blown sickle cell disease.
http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/mendel/mendel1.htm.

Question 4

how long does a person with sickle cell anemia usually live?

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In general: 50% of patients with sickle cell anemia survive beyond the 5th decade. Early mortality is high among patients whose disease is symptomatic. A high level of fetal hemoglobin predicts improved survival.

Question 5

what happens if hug a black guy will i get sickle cell anemia?

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No: 1. All "black guys" don't have  sickle cell anemia. 
2. Sickle cell anemia is not contagious, it is caused by mutation in a gene that is not transferred by "hugging".

Question 6

if i adopt a child with sickle cell anemia, what should i expect?

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Joy, stress, meaning: How wonderful! recent developments have allowed people with sickle cell to live longer, more full, and less painful lives.However, they still have to take daily medication and are frequently hospitalized. Each child is different, but consider that you will most likely have to miss days at work while your child is sick.Talk to a pediatric hematologist before adopting a child with sickle cell.

Question 7

how many days per month is a sickle cell anemia person feeling well?

Accepted Answer

Varies widely: There is no easy answer. The disease can be very different in different people, and there are variants of sickle cell anemia that behave very differently.

Question 8

when having sickle cell anemia what medicine can you take for a cold?

Accepted Answer

Check with Heme Dr.: Hematology doctors who takes care of the sickle problems have guidelines on cold medications that are ok to use. Some doctors recommend not using tylenol/motrin/advil to treat fever, because such meds may "mask" a fever that would otherwise send a patient to the doctor to get treatment for an infection. Some recommend avoiding meds that can increase heart rate (such as phenylephrine and sudafed).

Question 9

at what age can i test to see if i am a carrier for sickle cell anemia?

Accepted Answer

Late teens: Carrier testing should only be done in persons who can give intelligent informed consent.  Young children should not be tested. Older teens who can give meaningful consent may be tested.

Question 10

could sickle cell anemia affect a specific, geographical, cultural or age group?

Accepted Answer

Genetics: Sickle cell disease is a condition caused by inheriting two copies (one from each parent) of a mutated beta-hemoglobin gene. Sickle cell disease does help lessen the symptoms of certain diseases like malaria, and this is why certain ethnic groups that lived at one time in malaria-prone regions of the world (such as africa) have a higher incidence of carrying the sickle cell gene.

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