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What are difficulties for parents with children that have sickle cell anemia?
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∙ 12y ago
There will be many hospital trips and you just have to watch your child suffer and cant to anything about it. Treatments like Hydroxyurea are very helpful and reduce pains in the child's chest.
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Why do African Americans get affected by sickle cell anemia?
Sickle cell anemia is a gentic disease carried by people of African and sometimes Indian decent. Although both parents need to at least carry the gene for their children to get it not necessarily have the disease.
Why do people of Mediterranean and African decent have sickle cell anemia?
Sickle cell anemia is a inherited blood disorder. This means everyone who has sickle cell has inherited it from their parents. With this in mind it means there was a key ancestor in Africa or the Mediterranean who had the first sickle cell anemia and passed it on to their descendants.
Can sickle cell anemia affect growth?
Children with sickle cell anemia may have delayed growth and reach puberty at a later age than normal
Do you capitalize sickle cell anemia?
There are some people in the society who try to capitalize the chronic illnesses like the sickle cell anemia. But then they are the ones who take care of the children and not you.
Who is affected by sickle cell anemia?
Chromosome #11 is affected in sickle-cell anemiaChromosome #11 is affected in sickle-cell anemia
Can you catch sickle cell if you kiss someone with sickle cell?
NO, Sickle Cell Anemia is a Genetic Disorder that you inherit from your Parents. You are either born with it or not.
Can child be born with sickle cell if one parent is sickle cell carrier and another is normal?
A child has to receive the gene from both parents to heve sickle cell anemia. if only one parent passes on the gene, then the child will have sickle cell trait, but no symptoms of sickle cell anemia.
If a child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of he parents' genotypes?
The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.
A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill What must be true of her parents genotypes?
The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.
A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of her parents and rsquo genotypes?
The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.
Which form of anemia is a genetic disorder?
It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
