Sickle Cell Anemia

WHAT IS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA???

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Discovered in 1910

other names for sca

• HBS DISEASE
• HEMOGLOBIN S DISEASE
• SCD
• SICKLE CELL DISORDER

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Signs & symptoms

• SHORTAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS
• PAIN IN BONES
• SWOLLEN HANDS AND FEET
• DAMAGES SPLEEN (FIGHTS DISEASES)
• DELAYED GROWTH

defects

INHERITED IN A AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE PATTERN. THE CHILD WON'T INHERIT THE DISEASE UNLESS BOTH PARENTS PASS DOWN A DEFECTIVE COPY OF THE GENE

prevalence/frequency

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DEMOGRAPHICS

AMONG THOSE WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SPANISH SPEAKING REGIONS IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CARRIBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SAUDI ARABIA

dOMINANT OR RECESSIVE?

AUTOSOMAL RECESSSIVE PATTERN

INHERITANCE PATTERN- 11TH PAIR, CONTAINS GENE FOR NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN PRODUCTION

TREATMENT

TREATMENT

• DAILY DOSE OF PENICILLIN
• REST
• DRINK A LOT OF WATER
• AVOID PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

HOPE Y'ALL