The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
HOME » PAIN MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease that is caused by an abnormal version of hemoglobin, known as hemoglobin S or sickle hemoglobin. Patients with the disease often experience acute or chronic pain. Opioids sometimes may be used to manage this pain. However, some clinicians have biases against...
By Jad Sleiman Listen 12:01 Today, about 100,000 Americans live with sickle cell disease. But there was a moment in the early 1970s when it seemed it was going to be wiped out. The inherited blood disorder mostly affects people of African descent, as well as Mediterranean and South Indian peoples....
Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that prevents red blood cells from carrying oxygen throughout the body properly, due to their crescent-like, sickle shape. By Bailey Hosfelt Chronic pain, health complications and frequent trips to the emergency room are everyday concerns for an estimated 10,000 New Yorkers living with sickle-cell...
FEBRUARY 12, 2019 BY JOANA CARVALHO The American Thoracic Society (ATS) released a set of new guidelines for home oxygen therapy for children with chronic health conditions that cause a reduction in blood oxygen levels, such as sickle cell disease. Other conditions include cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, sleep disturbed breathing, pulmonary hypertension with and without congenital heart disease, and interstitial lung disease....
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 BY MARY CHAPMAN For eligible sickle cell disease (SCD) patients covered by commercial insurance, biopharmaceutical company Emmaus Life Sciences will offer financial assistance to those who need help covering their monthly Endari co-payments. Emmaus is the developer of Endari (L-glutamine oral powder, and called Xyndari in Europe). In the United States, Endari was approved in 2017 as a...
BY ALEJANDRA VIVIESCAS, PHD Children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia do less physical activity and have a more sedentary lifestyle than healthy controls, according to a study. The study, “Objectively measured physical activity levels and sedentary time in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia,” was published in PLOS ONE. The red blood...
Content provided by APO Group on behalf of The Presidency, Republic of Ghana. Originally from African News The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service and other allied agencies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global medicines company Novartis to create a new public-private partnership...
JANUARY 24, 2019 BY ALICE MELÃO IN NEWS. Acute vaso-occlusive pain is associated with the onset of menstruation, and about 25% of the women with sickle cell disease can differentiate these episodes from menstrual-cramp pain, a study found. Findings in the study, “Acute Vaso-Occlusive Pain is Temporally Associated with the Onset of Menstruation in Women with...
This news is credited to Sickle Cell Anemia News HOME » VASO-OCCLUSIVE CRISIS Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for hemoglobin, which is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The altered form of hemoglobin in patients with this condition...
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SCD is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Healthy red blood cells are round, and they move through small blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. In someone who has SCD, the red blood cells become hard...
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