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D5W (5% dextrose in water) is often used in sickle cell patients to prevent dehydration and maintain adequate hydration levels. Sickle cell disease can lead to increased red blood cell destruction, which can result in dehydration and an increased risk of sickling episodes. D5W provides a source of glucose for energy and helps prevent the sickling of red blood cells by maintaining proper fluid balance in the body. Additionally, D5W is isotonic, meaning it has a similar osmolarity to blood, reducing the risk of hemolysis and other complications in sickle cell patients.
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Do you give aspirin in sickle cell patient in hypercoagulable state?
No
Who discovered sickle cell disease?
In the western literature, the first description of sickle cell disease was by a Chicago physician, James B. Herrick, who noted in 1910 that a patient of his from the West Indies had an anemia characterized by unusual red cells that were "sickle shaped.".
What are the dangers of alcohol abuse and sickle cell trait?
People who have sickle cell should try to avoid consuming alcohol if at all possible. This is because sickle cell causes the patient to become dehydrated in the first place, so drinking alcohol would only exacerbate the problem.
Why is sickle cell called a sickle cell?
The shape of the cell is misshapen.
How can someone with sickle cell survive a malarial infection?
Yes. Because of the structure of hemoglobin in a patient with sickle cell anemia, malarial parasites that attempt to infect red blood cells cause the red blood cell to burst before it can be infected, effectively starving the parasite of a host. Since the allele for sickle cell anemia is codominant with the allele for regular hemglobin, sometimes people whose parents have sickle cell can pass on their resistance to malaria to their children without passing on the entire disease for sickle cell.
When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was first described in the medical literature in 1910 by Dr. James B. Herrick, who identified the unique sickle-shaped red blood cells in a patient of African descent. The genetic basis of the disease was later elucidated by Dr. Linus Pauling in the 1940s.
What is sickle cell in white people called?
Sickle Cell....... My son has been diagnosed with sickle cell trait. We are white and the doctors called it Sickle Cell Trait! hope this helps...
What is the cpt code partial splenectomy for a 3year child with sickle cell disease hb-c with crisis?
You would use the procedure code 38101 for a partial splenectomy regardless of the age of the patient or the diagnosis of sickle cell disease.
What is the sickle cell trait of sickle cell anemia?
The sickle cell trait is that you dont have the whole thing you have half of it which is called the trait
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
Is sickle cell anemia the same as sickle cell diseases?
yes
Is the fetus at risk of sickle cell if the father has sickle cell?
Yes.
