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There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes ...

spleen, kidneys and liver. People with one copy of the HbS gene are "carriers" of the sickle cell trait and may experience some symptoms. People with two copies of the gene develop sickle cell ...

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Singer T-Boz revealed that when she was first diagnosed with the incurable sickle cell anemia, doctors told her she wouldn ... cell trait might experience complications such as death of spleen tissue ...

Medical advances are changing some of the hallmark physical symptoms of sickle cell disease, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye writes.

In children with sickle cell disease, hemoglobin and sickle ... If the patient has had a neurological event in the context of severe anemia (e.g. splenic sequestration or aplastic crisis), or ...

Normally the spleen helps filter infections out of the blood ... One in 13 Black babies in the U.S. carries the sickle cell gene. Anemia. This symptom is the most common one. Having fewer red blood ...

A patient with sickle cell anemia often needs hospitalization due to acute events, such as pain, priapism, stroke, acute chest syndrome, propensity to develop diseases, splenic sequestration, ...

The spleen is a small organ on the left side of the abdomen ... Bacterial meningitis in patients with sickle cell anemia in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil: a report on ten cases. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther.

High blood pressure in the lungs can lead to breathlessness and fatigue for people with sickle cell anemia, and it can be fatal. This is most common in adults with the condition. Splenic ...