Saturday 25 February 2017

Sickle cell anemia. By Omin Fountain

"A food cooking later wi"." What u saying you making a turn?" You didn't have to ask,he didn't have a reason not to hang out.He was almost always the first to arrive.Although he was limited by having to use clutches at all times that did not seem to keep him back.He always had the most interesting story, a normal day of school with his friend pushing him on a wheel barrow and him falling off. He said that was the reason for his "extra legs".He was an out going individual attending all activities in the village,however he did had to pause and take a break ever so often,due to fatigue being one of the symptoms of his aliment. His feet would seem swollen after a long day of walking and would have sores which seemed like they took extra time to heal.He would appear to be in distress and seem slower than usual.
After days of not seeing him,when asked the usual response was" ambulance bring mistake down again wi".It was a painful crises that he tired to hide,which was as a result of inadequate blood supply to the body tissues.

The impaired circulation is caused by the blookage of various blood vessels from the sickling of red blood cells. The sickled red blood cells slow or completely stop the  normal flow of blood through the tissues. This lead to excruciating pain,often requiring hospitalization and medication for relief.The pain can change its location form one body area to another. Bones are frequently exposured. Pain in the abdomen with tenderness is common. Fever is frequently associated with the pain crisis. A pain cris can be prompted by dehydration, infection,injury and cold exposure.

The term sickled cell disease describes a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. People with this disease have
abnormal hemoglobin called hemoglobin S or sickle hemoglobin in their red blood cells. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.





Sickle cell anaemia is a life long illness and someone suffering from this has to be evaluated every 3-12 months based on their age. The spleen does not work as effectively and this in turn causes the individual to be at a  higher risk of confhinvolves the use s,whic which nfecion.Penicillin however have been found to decrease the chance of this occurring.

Instead of the blood moving through the blood steam easily, sickle cells can clog blood vessels. When blood can't get where it is needed,the body's tissues and organs don't have the oxygen they need to stay healthy.
Normal blood cells last about 4 months in the bloodstream but fragile sickle cells breakdown after only about 10-20 days.
People with sickle cells have other problems because their blood isn't moving through the body as well as it should just like the case of the young nan.And these includes:
Higher chance of getting infection, higher chance of getting stroke and a condition called Acute Chest Syndrome, which is caused by inflammation, infection or blood vessels in the lungs that are blocked by sickled cells.


This young man would still be alive if drugs such as hydroxyurea was available to him to ease the pain and complications. Also if a bone marrow transplant was available cause its the only potential cure for sicked cell anemia.

It is possible  to avoid passing down the disease genetically by getting advice from a genetic cconselor if you plan to have a child and carry the sickle cell trait.

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