Vaso Occlusive Crisis Case Study

a. It is important to note that when sickling occurs, acute manifestations called crisis can come accompanied as well. There are 4 different types’ vaso-occlusive, sequestration, aplastic, and hyperhemolytic crisis. Vaso-occlusive crisis, or thrombotic crisis, begins with sickling in microcirculation. The sickled cells obstruct the blood flow causing vasospasm to occur and a logjam effect begins to block all the blood flow through the affected vessel. If this process is not reversed, thrombosis and infarction of local tissue will occur. Vaso-occlusive crisis can last from days to weeks and is very painful. Vaso-occlusive crisis has a varied frequency and is unpredictable. Sequestration crisis will only be seen in young children. It is