Sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia is rare but it can have a huge impact on the lives of the people that have it especially if they are athletes. There is a certain population that sickle cell anemia affects but the most common is African Americans. It can present with many different symptoms and can be very painful which makes it important for nurses to know what to look for when pain crisis occur. Sickle cell anemia is also important for a
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will describe what sickle cell anemia is, how it effects the human body; as well as the oral cavity. Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease caused by abnormal hemoglobin, which causes the red blood cells to have low oxygen levels (National Heart, Lungs and Blood Institute, 2015). Sickle cell anemia is inherited only if both parents have the disorder because it is caused by the genetic abnormality of hemoglobin (webMD, 2015). When there is abnormal hemoglobin it can produce sickle hemoglobin (webMD
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Robinson Biology 107 7 November 2015 Sickle Cell Disease A very common disease that is common in the United States is Sickle Cell. According to Genetics Home Reference, "Sickle cell disease is the common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 70,000 to 80,000 Americans." I chose to research sickle cell because I thought it would be an interesting topic to research. Upon further research I found it intriguing the way the blood cells are shaped that cause so much pain and suffering
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Genetic diseases are becoming more and more common in our society everyday. Genetic disorders run in families and can be overwhelming and even scary. These diseases are caused by a changed or faulty gene or set of genes. While these diseases are found in all ethnic groups, some of them are far more common in certain populations than in others. You can do testing with DNA experts but at this time it is very expensive and hard to obtain. Unfortunately, some families hide genetic disorders in their
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Sickle cell anemia primarily affects people with African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian ancestry (Learn genetics, 2010; NHLBI, n.d.; Vorvick et al., 2010). Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two sickle cell gene, one from each parent, that cause the red blood cells to change and become crescent shaped. The underlying problem involves hemoglobin, a component of the red blood cells. Hemoglobin is a protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the
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Carleton University Sickle Cell Anemia Assignment #2 BIOL 1010 James Cheetham May 29 2014 Sickle Cell Anemia, Also known as Hemoglobin S Disease (HbS Disease), spreads along the lines of anemic or iron deficient blood types . Hemoglobin is the red protein that is responsible for transporting Oxygen in vertebrates. It is composed of 4 protein subunits, two called Alpha – globin and two called Beta-globin. The HBB gene, located on the
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Sickle Cell Anemia My Sickle Cell Anemia Story My name is Haley Arsenault, I am fifteen years old and living with sickle cell anemia. That sentence sounds so sad, so depressing, as if that is the only way to define my existence. As if my disease defines my entire life when I have been doing everything I can to be a normal teenager, a normal high school student. It’s hard sometimes to distance myself from the disease because I am constantly reminded of it and how it affects my life. My parents
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In this report I want to talk about sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease that changes the shape of the red blood cells from the circular shape to the shape of the crescent. The shape of the sickle changes into a crescent, which is difficult to pass through the small blood vessels. When this occurs, it is difficult to enter oxygen throughout the body. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich substance that makes blood red and allows red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts
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Sickle cell anemia is the most prevalent genetic disorder in the United States, which falls under the broad term of sickle cell disease. This term is frequently used to describe a group of chronic hemolytic anemias (Falvo and Holland, 2014; National Human Genome Research Institute, 2016). Chronic hemolytic anemias, or SCA is an inherited disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin caused by a recessive allele that changes its structure (Falvo and Holland, 2014). An individual can inherit two sickle
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Phenylketonuria, Tay-Sach’s, and sickle cell anemia are all genetic disorders that affect many body systems; most cannot be cured. These genetic disorders can cause severe health problems that make it difficult to live a normal life. Health professionals can help treat or manage some of the symptoms to make them less severe. These disorders are caused by cell mutations and they cause severe damage to people’s body systems. Phenylketonuria is an inherited genetic disease caused by a mutation in the
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