can you still sickle cell if you're >3/4 white?

Question

I have sickle cell anemia. Can i still get a lip piercing?

Answer 1

Yes: While sickle cell disease is most common in those of african, or african-american descent, one can still acquire the disease genetically based on their heredity.

Answer 2

Sickle cell: Possible, need lab workup to confirm or rule our.

Answer 3

Yes: If you have true SS disease you inherit a defective sickle cell gene from both parents. That means they both carried one defective gene ( in a pair tasked with making proper hemoglobin). It doesn't matter how far back in their family tree it started, or that it ever showed up before.

Answer 4

Abnormal blood cells: Sickle cell disease occurs when there is an abnormal type of hemoglobin in blood cells. Thought to be a survivor advantage against malaria, when these cells have too little oxygen they collapse and get stuck in small vessels. This cuts off the blood supply to organs and causes severe pain. Sickle cell traits is when only half the genes code for the abnormal hemoglobin, usually not symptomatic.

Answer 5

A diseae of blood: Sickle cell disease is a disease cause by an abnormal hemoglobin protein carriedninside red cells. The protein becomes insoluble and causesthe red cells to stick in the blood stream and blocks blood flow.

Answer 6

Common & inherited: Sickle cell disease is a very common inherited condition affecting hemoglobin & thus red blood cells, often leading to anemia as well as complications resulting from abnormal cell shape. Each (carrier) parent must have at least one gene for this condition in order for affected person to receive both to have actual disease. Check out http://ghr.Nlm.Nih.Gov/condition/sickle-cell-disease for info.

Answer 7

Red blood disorder: Autosomal recessive disorder when rbc's become rigid and cannot carry oxygen. The hemoglobin is abnormal. Also know as hbss vs hbas or trait. With low oxygen tension the beta chain of the hemoglobin molecule cannot carry oxygen properly and takes a different form-becomes sickle shaped, inelastic. They cannot pass through capillaries and lead to occlusion and ischemia. Rx transfusions, fluids.

Answer 8

Sickle cell trait: If you only have 1 of the two genes for sickle cell disease, you have sickle cell trait. This is a benign finding with no real symptoms. It's main significance is that you can pass this gene on to your children. If your partner also has sickle cell trait, then there is a probability that a child in the next gen will have sickle cell disease.

Answer 9

Yes.: A person with sickle cell disease normally has two copies of the sickle cell mutation in each of their beta-hemoglobin genes (hb ss). Those with sickle trait have one unaffected copy and one sickle (hb as, where "a" is normal). Other variants of beta-hemoglobin can be inherited along with one copy of the sickle gene (hb sc, sd, se, or s/beta-thal). These can give less severe disease than hb ss.

Answer 10

Yes: In addition to infection, having sickle cell disease increases your risk of having a stroke, which sometimes can be fatal. Patients with sickle cell disease can also develop acute chest syndrome, a very serious condition requiring ICU care. Regular visits to a doctor who specializes in caring for patients with sickle cell can help reduce the likelihood of having these complications.

Answer 11

Dominant genetically: Sickle cell disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive condition, which is what you will read from online sources and textbooks. One must inherit the gene from both parents to have the disease. This assumes that inheriting one copy of the gene (trait patient) has no phenotype (medical problems). This is not exactly true, as athletes have died from trait under extreme conditions.

Answer 12

Sickle cell disease: Is observed when a patient inherits two copies of the mutant beta globin gene (which harbors a mutation from glutamate to valine at Amino Acid #6), or inherits one copy of the mutant allele in the context of beta thalassemia trait (so-called "sickle-beta thal"). As such, it can be thought of as recessive from a classical mendelian perspective. A normal beta globin ameliorates beta-s neg effects.

Answer 13

Rarely: Vaso-occlusive crises can be caused by decreased blood flow because of sickling. Slowing of circulation can be associated with blood clotting issues--all can be related to the sickled cells preventing blood cells to get through tiny blood vessels. Please ask your doctor to share additional info with you.

Answer 14

Possible: Vaso-occlusive crises are acute , painful episodes due to intravascular sickling and tissue infarction and thrombosis.

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