Sickle-Cell Disease

It depends on what type of anemia the patient may have.

Iron deficiency anemia would have a nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced Nurtition: less than body requirements.

If anemia is caused by acute hemorrhage, restoring blood volume is the highest priority.

Activity Intolerance - inadequate oxygen delivery to the tissues can lead to weakness, fatigue, and shortness of breath with activity.

Folic acid deficiency anemia may have a diagnosis of Impaired oral mucous membranes r/t fluid deficit (folic acid deficiency anemia has gastrointestinal manifestations of glossitis, cheilosis and diarrhea).

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Black people have a genetic predisposition to sickle cell anemia. Recently there has been progress made in curing this horrible disease.

Sickle-cell disease, usually presenting in childhood, occurs more commonly in people (or their descendants) from parts of tropical and sub-tropical regions where malaria is or was common. One-third of all indigenous inhabitants of Sub-Saharan Africa carry the gene, because in areas where malaria is common, there is a survival value in carrying only a single sickle-cell gene . Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell disease are more resistant to malaria, since the infestation of the malaria plasmodium is halted by the sickling of the cells which it infests.

The prevalence of the disease in the United States is approximately 1 in 5,000, mostly affecting African Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health.

I'm guessing you meant sickle cell anemia. You already said that it's recessive, which means that both parents have to be carriers for it to be passed on to their children. If both parents carry the gene, then there is a 1 in 4 chance of having an affected offspring, 2 in 4 chances of having offsprings which carry the disease, and 1 in 4 of the child being unaffected (check out how to draw a punnet square). If one parent is a carrier and the other one is healthy, then you have a 50% chance of having an offspring who carries the disease, but none of your offsprings will be affected. Hope this helps

If both parents have sickle cell trait, they each carry one normal allele (A) and one sickle cell allele (S). The possible genotypes for their children are AA (normal), AS (carrier), and SS (sickle cell disease), with a probability of 25% for each genotype. Therefore, the chance of having three children who are homozygous for normal red blood cells (AA) is ( (0.25)^3 ), which equals 1/64, or about 1.56%.

Sickle cell disease is important because it is a genetic disorder that affects the shape of red blood cells, leading to pain, anemia, and organ damage. It predominantly affects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Indian descent. Early diagnosis and proper management are crucial to prevent complications and improve quality of life for individuals with sickle cell disease.

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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.

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People who inherit one sickle cell gene are said to have sickle cell trait. This means they carry the gene but do not typically have symptoms of sickle cell disease. It is important for individuals with sickle cell trait to be aware of their status for proper medical management and genetic counseling.

Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells are an abnormal crescent shape. Sickle cell anemia is a disorder of the erythrocytes (Red blood cells). It causes their normal biconcave shape to be replaced with that of a sickle or crescent. People with this disease have problems transporting oxygen throughout their bodies, as a result of this, they become fatigued easily and have rapid heart rates even when resting.

It has to do with your genitic make up. You don't have sickle cell anemia because you only have 1 of the traits on your beta hemoglobin gene. People with sickle cell anemia have two.Most of the time peolple with sickle cell trait display much milder symptoms.

It is more prevolent in African Americans and woman should be monitored during pregnancy.

Yes, if the sickle cell trait were a dominant trait, it could still be a form of balanced polymorphism. In a dominant scenario, individuals with one copy of the allele would express the trait. In this case, heterozygous individuals would have the sickle cell trait, potentially providing a selective advantage against malaria, similar to how carriers of the recessive trait do in the current situation.

An example pedigree chart for sickle-cell anaemia can be found using the related link below.

Individuals shaded black have the disease, individuals that are not shaded are unaffected, and individuals that are carriers are shown with diagonal lines (they are often shown with a single dot in the centre of their shape).

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Alcohol dehydrates you. Dehydration is a precipitating factor of sickle cell crises.

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This, my friend, is one of the great mysteries of the universe.

you can eat what we eat. Theres no difference. People w/out sickle cell eat regular

things.so can people w/ sickle cell

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People with sickle cell anemia are resistant to malaria, which increases their ability to survive and produce offspring. This is evolution in action. Since malaria is a bigger problem in Africa than in America, it is more prevalent in Africa. Many black people in America have inherited this gene from their ancestors