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sickle cell trait Video
Sickle cell disease presentation is extremely variable. Some people may have mild symptoms, while others may experience severe symptoms and frequent complications. Infants with sickle cell disease are typically normal at birth, developing symptoms in their first year as hemoglobin F is replaced with hemoglobin S production. People with sickle cell disease due to homozygous Hb S (SS) are more likely to have severe symptoms than those with Hb S and Hb C (SC). Those with sickle cell trait are generally healthy but may sometimes have symptoms associated with sickle cell disease when they are exposed to intense exercise, dehydration, or changes in altitude, such as may be seen with athletes. Symptoms and complications of sickle cell disease may include: Pain crises. Episodes of pain that can last for extended periods of time are the most common complication of sickle cell disease. The pain is associated with the narrowing or obstruction of small blood vessels (called vaso-occlusion). This reduces or prevents blood flow to the affected area and can cause tissue damage. The location of the pain and its duration can vary from crisis to crisis and can occur throughout the body, especially in the bones, joints, lungs, and belly. Pain and swelling in the hands and feet is often one of the first symptoms noticed in young children. Decreased oxygen, infection, dehydration, a change in altitude, and temperature extremes can precipitate a pain crisis, but many occur without an ...
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S Clark won't play in Denver; Mundy likely to start instead
S Ryan Clark won't play in Denver on Sunday after coach Mike Tomlin decided it wasn'ta worthwhile risk, seeing that Clark lost a spleen and gall bladder due to a sickle-cell trait exacerbated by the altitude there after a 2007 game. ...
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Stigma is a 'curse' on sickle cell disease
HOW IS SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA CAUSED AND CAN IT BE CURED ? Sickle cell anaemia is inherited in a type of genetic lottery and is not contagious. It happens when both parents have sickle cell trait – a single sickle cell gene carried by up to one-quarter of ...
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