Sickle Cell Disease 11/17/14 This research informs the reader about Sickle cell disease. The goal is to raise awareness by describing what the disease is and where it originated. It gives advice on how to recognize signs in a crisis and how to help prevent any further symptoms. This focus uses facts from medical websites such as Web MD and Mayo Clinic. This research highlights every thing there is to know about sickle cell disease through detailed descriptions of where it comes from
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The core reading for this week included an excerpt that read “…the first cases of sickle cell disease were mostly amongst Africans and African Caribbeans. Racial thinking led to the assumption that sickle cell disease was a ‘Black disease’‚ even though many African people are not at risk for these disease and many carriers are not African” (Russell‚ 2014‚ p. 69). This‚ for me‚ was very insightful and enlightening‚ as it presents a way of thinking that is not common or taught in our society. It brought
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Sickle-cell disease‚ also known as sickle-cell anaemia‚ is a hereditary blood disorder‚ caused by an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to a propensity for the cells to assume an abnormal‚ rigid‚ sickle-like shape under certain circumstances. Sickle-cell disease is associated with a number of acute and chronic health problems‚ such as severe infections‚ attacks of severe pain‚ stroke‚ and an increased risk of death. Sickle-cell disease occurs
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Abstract Transitional age youth between the ages of 15-18 who are battling chronic illnesses such as Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) traditionally have a hard time coping to their life style. This causes some to fall into depression and the outlook of the quality of life is decreased also. The eight week study will include six African- American boys and girls from an outpatient clinic that specializes in the medical care of persons with SCD. Participants will meet twice a week for an hour. The Children’s
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General Biology 1 Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body . Where the cell is deformed is in the bone marrow ‚a gene in the bone marrow causes the blood cell to come out in a sickle cell shape because the hemoglobin in the defected body is abnormal‚ after it gives up the oxygen‚ bet together causeing the red blood cells to become to a sickle like shape.People with Sickle cell anemia have abnormal hemoglobin
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Sickle Cell Disease (Anemia) Child and Adolescent Development (PSC 1246A) Sickle Cell Disease‚ commonly referred to as Sickle Cell Anemia‚ is a blood disease which red blood cells form an abnormal sickle or crescent shape. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body and are normally shaped like a disc. This disease is genetically inherited from both parents. If you inherit the sickle cell gene from only one parent‚ you will have sickle cell trait. People with sickle cell trait
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Abstract Sickle-cell disease is a genetic disorder that results from the abnormal structure of red blood cells. The peculiar shape of the red blood cell prevents the normal absorption of oxygen. This disease results from the abnormal production of hemoglobin S (HbS). Therefore‚ a mutation in this gene causes a lower supply of oxygen to the cells‚ which results in occlusion of the blood vessels. Individuals diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia have abnormal function of the gene that encodes for subunit
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offspring. He also discovered that traits pass down through families in different patterns. Sickle cell‚ which is an inherited disease‚ is mainly found in those of African descent. Mendel’s research ultimately helped lead to the discovery and understanding of the HBS allele‚ the connection of malaria to sickle cell now and in future generations‚ and the new technology that helps diagnose and treat sickle cell. In 1910‚ a black man named Walter Clement Noel‚ went to Dr. James B. Herrick‚ complaining
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Internet Research Paper For Sickle Cell Anemia The definition for sickle cell anemia is an abnormal‚ rigid‚ sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells flexibility and results in a risk of various complications. Sickle cell is the name of a specific disease in which there is a homozygosity for the mutation that causes Hbs. This type of disease‚ usually presenting in childhood‚ occurs more commonly in people from parts of the tropical and sub-tropical regions where malaria is more common. If
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The sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell have red blood cells that have mostly hemoglobin’s‚ Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped or crescent shaped and have trouble going through small blood vessels. When sickle-shaped cells block small blood vessels‚ less blood can get to that part of the body. Tissue that does not get a normal blood flow eventually becomes damaged.This is what causes the problems of sickle
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