Shaneka S. Reddish
DTC
Sickle Cell Anemia is a hereditary disease that alters the smallest and most major components of the body. A gene causes the bone marrow in the body to make sickled shapes, when this occurs; it causes the red blood cell to die quicker. This is the reason for Hemolytic Anemia. Older children and adults with sickle cell disease may experience a few difficult problems, or have a pattern of ongoing complications that shorten their life span. The most known and serious complications of sickle cell disease are anemia, pain, fatigue, and organ failure.
Sickle Cell
Sickle Cell Anemia takes place in the bloodstream of the body. The 'Sickle' is in reference to the relation of disordered shape red blood cells. The way the disease is obtain is through hereditary genes. The disease is basically distinguished by chronic anemia, and frequent episodes of pain. Hemoglobin …show more content…
Most of the pain are in the areas of the joints, lower back, legs, arms, abdomen, and can be sudden pain in the chest. When a sickle cell crisis is coming into effect the whole body feels dizzy and feels like you don’t have any or just a little oxygen in your whole body. The body also has a problem making concentrated or dilute urine, or even has blood in the urine. More common symptoms are the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells, delayed development, inflamed finger and toes, pallor, and yellow skin and eyes. Doctors call it a crisis when a sickle cell carrier happens to go in distress with these symptoms and it has the person down and sick for days and sometimes its hard for people to come back out these crisis’s. Usually when a person goes to the hospital with their symptoms they get treatments of medications, blood transfusion, and rarely a bone-marrow transplant. A crisis can be brought on by illness, weather/temperature changes, stress, dehydration, and of being at high