Abstract Transitional age youth between the ages of 15-18 who are battling chronic illnesses such as Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) traditionally have a hard time coping to their life style. This causes some to fall into depression and the outlook of the quality of life is decreased also. The eight week study will include six African- American boys and girls from an outpatient clinic that specializes in the medical care of persons with SCD. Participants will meet twice a week for an hour. The Children’s
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Okay‚ you have your thoughts down on paper and have gone over your organizational structure to be sure that your argument is presented in the clearest possible way. Then you have reviewed your claims to be sure that your reasoning is sound. You may have written a first draft that contained only your own words. Now it is time to add in the support that external sources provide. Think of your sources as a scholarly friend standing beside you when you make a claim‚ saying that you are right. This
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015 Outcome 1 : 1‚2‚3‚4 The responsibility of the paediatric first aider First aid support in education and childcare settings is the same as that provided to the wider community. It is provided in response to unpredictable illness or injury to:
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Sickle Cell Anemia "An ISU student died March 12 from complications of Sickle Cell Anemia there is no cure for Sickle Cell Anemia" (Indiana Statesman‚ 2004). What is Sickle Cell Anemia? According to National Institute of Health‚ Sickle Cell Anemia is a lifelong‚ inherited blood disorder or disease‚ characterized primarily by chronic anemia and periodic episodes of pain. It is one form of sickle cell disease‚ a category of blood disorders caused by defective hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a substance
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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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which there is lower than normal number of red blood cells or hemoglobin within a person‚ consequently decreasing the amount of oxygen being carried to the rest of the body. Causes of such a condition are usually insufficient amounts of iron‚ blood loss‚ lack of red blood cell production‚ or high rates of red blood cell destruction. (MNT‚ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158800.php) One form of this condition is the disease Sickle Cell Anemia‚ an inherited blood disorder that affects hemoglobin
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Sickle Cell Anemia first came into the view of the world around 1910 when Dr. James Herrick; a cardiologist‚ had a patient who complained of pain and described symptoms that sounded like anemia. He handed the case down to his assistant who‚ after taking a blood sample‚ discovered that the patient’s blood cells were not shaped like normal blood cells. When the patient’s blood cells were compared to normal blood cells‚ they appeared to be “sickle shaped”. After seeing this for himself Dr. Herrick took
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families with a history of the autosomal recessive disease Sickle cell anaemia should have all embryos screened with Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis technology (PGD). If tested positive‚ treatment should be made compulsory for the child at a young age and will be treated with stem cell gene therapy. This disease has no personal relevance to me‚ however‚ there is currently 90K people suffering from Sickle cell anaemia in the United States. Sickle cell anaemia is relevant to society because it greatly
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how having sickle cell anemia can make a person more resistant to contracting malaria If it had not been for Anthony Allison‚ the world as we know it today would drastically change. Like the video stated‚ many people with the sickle cell anemia would meet “death before adulthood”. Areas with high frequencies of anopheles mosquito and sickle cell anemia would correlate but nobody would understand why. I admire Allison for not only having the burning inquiry to determine why the sickle cell anemia character
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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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