(2005). "I can die today, I can die tomorrow": Lay Perceptions of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana and their Implications for Care. [Unpublished paper]Dennis-Antwi, J.A., et al., `I can die today, I can die tomorrow': lay perceptions of sickle cell disease in Kumasi, Ghana at a ...
Most babies with this condition are stillborn or die shortly after birth due to respiratory failure. Huntington's Disease Huntington's Disease, also known as HD, is a deadly genetic condition that causes nerve cells to deteriorate. The symptoms have been described as having ALS...
If this situation goes on for too long, your kidneys will fail, and you could die. What are the symptoms of high blood pressure and early kidney disease? High blood pressure is known as a silent killer because it typically doesn’t have a single symptom. In fact, the only way to reall...
Race.Strokes affect African-Americans and nonwhite Hispanic Americans much more often than any other group in the U.S. Sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that can narrow arteries and interrupt blood flow, is also more common in these groups and in people whose families came from the Medi...
What is sickle cell anemia? In what ways, are white cells different from red cells by their structure and function? How many cells constitute the body of an adult? Describe the shape of a blood cell. What type of control mechanism regulates the number of erythrocytes in t...
Disc cells die, the mucous reduces, and the outer disc layer tears. ~ The first obvious signs of disc degeneration are noted among children aged between 11 and 16 years. ~ About 20% of teenagers have mild signs of disc degeneration and by age 50, 10% of mainly male population have seve...
Why can't someone withb−blood type receiveb+blood as a transfusion butb+blood can receiveb−blood? Rh blood Groups There are many blood group systems that the transfusion medicine department tests for to ensure the patient is transfused with the...
Abd El-Kader SM, Al-Shreef FM. Impact of aerobic exercises on selected inflammatory markers and immune system response among patients with sickle cell anemia in asymptomatic steady state.Afr Health Sci2018; 18(1):111–9. ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar ...
Some things will require a splenectomy (removal of the spleen), such as a ruptured spleen, an enlarged spleen (caused by liver disease or mononucleosis), low platelet count or sickle cell disease. The procedure to remove the spleen is relatively easy, but it can be easy to ignore a serious...
pollution; studying how people with sickle cell trait may have a sickle cell crisis when doing severe exercise; and studying how cigarette smoke activates an enzyme that regulates changes in lung cancer cells that promote metastasis. The three projects are funded by the National Institutes of ...