Sickle Cell Anemia
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID OR DNA
ITS THE CHEMICAL THAT MAKES UP WHO YOU ARE. IF YOU DIDNT HAVE DNA THEN YOU WOULDN'T EXIST.
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Symptoms: (Description of disease can be in same thing) The symptoms for Sickle Cell Anemia, are acute chest syndrome, which is like pneumonia; enlarged heart, abdominal pain, jaundice, which is a condition that yellows your skin or the whites of your eyes; swollen spleen, rapid heart beat, dizziness, difficulty breathing, swelling and pain in the bones, fever (up to 105°), rupturing blood vessels in the brain (a stroke), and ischemic strokes, which only happen in younger patients, it is when a artist is blocked, but it doesn't burst.
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Sickle cell anemia (S.C.A) is recessive, meaning that you need to have the gene from both parents to have it. S.C.A is also autosomal so it's not found on the X or Y chromosome.
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Red blood cell transfusions: Healthy red blood cells are inserted into the patient's circulatory system. This helps raise the number of red blood cells, which improves oxygen delivery and less artery blockage.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Patient is treated with drugs that reduce bone marrow stem cells. Donated stem cells will replace destroyed stem cells, and gradually new red blood cells will not sickle at all.
Hydroxyurea: Oral medicine that reduces and prevents many complications. Increases hemoglobin "f", which provides protection against the effects of hemoglobin "s".
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Are people currently screened for this disease?: Genetic screening is when your DNA is sequenced to find out if you have, in this case Sickle Cell Anemia. Yes, anyone can be screened, whenever, but usually as infants or perhaps before birth. All people, in my opinion, should be screened for this disease, because it can be fatal; especially as you get older.
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