Sickle cell anemia (SCA) also known as sickle-cell disease (SDA) is the most common genetic blood disorder that most people know far to little about. It is blood disease identified by abnormal looking red blood cells (Primary Health Care 2012). Normal blood cells tend to be soft and round and travel to through the body smoothly as for sickle cells‚ on the other hand‚ look like a hard falcate moon shape (Primary Health Care 2012). These abnormal red blood cells result in a difficult blood flow
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paper‚ the reader will learn about Sickle Cell Anemia. The reader will learn what Sickle Cell Anemia is. The diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anemia will be discussed‚ along with the signs‚ symptoms and treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic disorder dealing with the red blood cells within the body. The abnormality deals with the formation of hemoglobin within the blood cells. The hemoglobin abnormality is called hemoglobin S. The Sickle Cell gene need to be inhered from both of
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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder which is inherited from both parents‚ that causes red blood cells in patients to be sickle-shaped. This causes the red blood cells to clump together‚ and be unable to retain oxygen. Sickle cell anemia was first noted in 1910‚ and is thought to have evolved as a way for the body to naturally fight malaria. It is most prevalent in Africa‚ India‚ the West Indies and the Mediterranean‚ places where malaria is more common. In this country‚ it is most prevalent
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Genetics of Sickle Cell Anemia Objectives • To observe how a disease can act as a selective force • To describe changes in allele frequencies in a population as a result of a selective force Hypothesis The starting ratio of HbA to HbS is 3:1; in a typical population‚ the Homozygous Dominant Gene would become the standard‚ but because carrying the Heterozygous version of the allele has an advantage to fighting Malaria it will become the dominant Allele for the population. The HbA/HbS gene will
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Differential diagnose 1: Sickle Cell Anemia A 17-year-old African American female presented to the clinic with the following symptoms‚ chest and abdominal pain‚ and jaundice eyes. Her vital signs revealed B/P 98/50‚ pulse 112‚ respiration. 28 and temp. 99.9. EKG and chest x-ray completed with the result within normal range. She was discharged‚ and within four hours returned to the ER. Sickle cell disease is defined as a group of heredity disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin‚ called hemoglobin
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Anemia occurs in about 1 out of 500 African American births‚ and 1 out of 36‚000 Hispanic births. It is a lifelong disease‚ and sometime can be deadly. According to Dr. Whittaker‚ in our region there are abnormally higher cases of Sickle Cell Anemia‚ so I found it important to learn more about the disease‚ what cause it‚ what are the symptoms as well as the options of treatments for this disease. According to www.invista.com‚ it is believed that sickle cell disease
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Alexandria Agee Ms. Songer AP Biology February 16 2015 Sickle Cell Anemia: Case Study Summary Sickle Cell Anemia is a painful diseases that is caused by a mutation in the protein called hemoglobin which helps carry oxygen in red blood cells. Because of the mutation‚ the hemoglobin is shaped oddly which results in pain because it is hard for the blood to travel throughout the body and anemia because of the lack of oxygen in the blood. A person can only have this disease if both parents are carriers
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Anemia is a blood disorder that shortens the life span of red blood cells‚ and eventually the organisms they are located in. Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disorder that changes that structure of red blood cells. In a healthy organism‚ red blood cells are disk shaped and move easily through the blood vessels. In an organism that has sickle cell anemia the red blood cells’ structures are corrupted; instead of the disk-like shape‚ the red blood cells have
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Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder that cause the abnormal formation of the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells (Nih). Hemoglobin is an essential protein that resides within the red blood cells supplying oxygen to the entire body. Hemoglobin S causes a mutation in shape of hemoglobin protein causing a group of blood disorders including sickle cell anemia and thalassemia. Sickle cell anemia is a result of one abnormal hemoglobin S gene given to a child by each parent‚ children that
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