Sickle cell syndromes

Introduction: Sickle cell syndromes

Description of Sickle cell syndromes

Sickle cell syndromes (medical condition): Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder characterized by red blood cells which are crescent-shaped rather than the normal doughnut shape. These abnormally shaped red blood cells are unable to function normally and tend to undergo premature destruction which leads to anemia. If the genetic defect which causes the condition is inherited from both parents the condition can be quite severe whereas if it is inherited from only one parent, often there are no symptoms. The abnormally shaped red blood cells can cause problems when they clump together and block blood vessels.

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Sickle Cell Anemia:
  »Introduction: Sickle Cell Anemia
  »Symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia
  »Tests for Sickle Cell Anemia
  »Treatments for Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell syndromes: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sickle cell syndromes:

• Sickle cell
• Cell

Sickle cell syndromes as a Disease

Sickle cell syndromes: Another name for Sickle Cell Anemia (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Sickle Cell Anemia
  »Symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia
  »Treatments for Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell syndromes: Related Diseases

Sickle cell syndromes: Sickle cell syndromes is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Anemia
• Blood conditions
• Genetic Disease
• Autosomal Genetic Diseases
• Autosomal Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Carrier conditions

Symptoms of Sickle cell syndromes (Sickle Cell Anemia)

Some of the symptoms of Sickle cell syndromes incude:

• Common early symptoms (usually seen first in infants):
  • Anemia
  • Fatigue
  • Pallor
  • Shortness of breath

See full list of 81 symptoms of Sickle cell syndromes (Sickle Cell Anemia)

Treatments for Sickle cell syndromes (Sickle Cell Anemia)

Treatments for Sickle cell syndromes (Sickle Cell Anemia) include:

• Preventive antibiotics
• Preventive penicillin - especially for newborns, infants and children with SCA.
• Pain crisis treatments
  • Pain-killing drugs
  • Fluids

See full list of 18 treatments for Sickle cell syndromes

Treatment of Sickle cell syndromes: For more treatment information about Sickle cell syndromes, see treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle cell syndromes)

Sickle cell syndromes: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Sickle cell syndromes:

• blood disorder
• crescent cell anemia
• sickle cell autosomal recessive genetic disease
• hemoglobin S
• HbS
• vasoocclusive crisis
• avascular necrosis
• isosthenuria
• acute chest syndrome
• hypertransfusion programs

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