how dangerous is sickle cell anemia?

Question

Can sickle-cell anemia be detected from a test?

Answer 1

More info needed: Patients with sickle cell anemia have greater tendency for severe anemia and infection. Usually children have more difficulties. Sometimes frequent transfusion is needed to assist in crises, or to suppress sickle hemoglobin and decrease sickling issues which can be very painful. Hydroxyurea is used to help symptoms and to increase fetal hemoglobin, vaccinations, and antibiotics help. See MD.

Answer 2

Yes: The first step is testing you for sickle cell carrier status. If not a carrier then no further testing needs to be done. If you are a carrier then the next step is check the father of the baby. If he is unavailable you could have his parents tested. If neither are a carrier then the father can not be a carrier either. If they are carriers then the fathers chances are 50% he is also.

Answer 3

Only blood tests.: People with sickle cell anemia usually are identified very early in childhood, due to symptoms. Sickle cell carriers, have no symptoms and can only be identified by blood test. Inheriting sickle cell disease requires getting a sickle gene from both parents. If you are a carrier and your husband is too, there is a 1 in 4 chance of a child inheriting the disease.

Answer 4

Education: Education and genetic counseling helps to deal with the condition.

Answer 5

Start with the doc: Good question! if you are fortunate to have a comprehensive sickle cell program or organization, in your area, a phone call or visit to an event can help establish a connection. Some programs have dedicated social workers who work with family and friends to help with psychological and social aspects of the disease. If "coping" means specific problems, start with the hematologist and his staff.

Answer 6

Ask ur Hematologist: Dietary cyanate, from foods containing cyanide derivatives, has been used as a treatment for sickle- cell anemia. In the laboratory, cyanate and thiocyanate irreversibly inhibit sickling of red blood cells drawn from sickle cell anemia patients. However, the cyanate would have to be administered to the patient for a lifetime, as each new red blood cell created must be prevented from sickling.

Answer 7

No: Cyanate and thiocyanate should not be used to treat sickle cell anemia. Patients with sickle cell disease are treated with hydroxyurea. For younger patients they should be treated with stem cell transplantation and they will be cured. Gene therapy, a technique in which normal genes are implanted in precursor cells (cells that produce blood cells), is being studied.

Answer 8

Types os SIckle Cell: From nih, division of blood diseases and resources: sickle cell disease-ss: 65% of us patients; genotype s/s sickle cell disease-sc: 25% of us patients; genotype s/c sickle cell disease-s beta + thalassemia: 8% of us patients; genotype betas/ beta + thalassemia sickle cell disease-s beta 0 thalassemia: 2% of us patients; genotype betas/ beta 0 thalassemia.

Answer 9

Two: Sickle cell anemia occurs when 2 abnormal hemoglobin genes are present and a person's body produces sickle cell hemoglobin exclusively. 1 sickle cell gene and a normal gene produce sickle trait, which has no symptoms. Other abnormal hemoglobin genes can combine with a sickle cell gene and produce other types of anemia. There are several other genetic hemoglobin abnormalities.

Answer 10

Sickle cell anemia: Extremes of temperature and physical exertion tasks both the circulation of blood and the individual hemoglobin molecule. So when you are exercising in the heat or cold you are demanding more of the sickled red blood cell as well as your heart to deliver oxygen to your muscles and this is why it is problematic.

Answer 11

Blood flow changes: Swimming can cool the skin, even when it is warm outside. This can cause decreased blood flow, which has been shown to affect the sickling of sickle cells. If you continue to swim, it would be good to dry off quickly and put on a shirt quickly. This may help.

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