As a single mother of three young daughters diagnosed with sickle cell disease, Mapillar’s life is busier than most. In addition to helping with homework, attending after-school activities and scheduling play dates, Mapillar also has to make time for regular doctor’s visits and organizing rec...
use preventive measures such as masking and social distancing for five days to protect others. But keep in mind the virus can spread even though you feel better or haven't yet developed a fever or other symptoms.
The HSCT (haematopoietic stem cell transplant) is a particular treatment for many haematological and non-haematological diseases. Broadly, there are three different categories of transplantation, autologous, allogeneic and syngeneic, which can be applied to most disease scenarios. Haematopoietic stem cells ...
When hypoxia is present, the heart has to work harder to deliver adequate oxygen to the body. This may contribute to several cardiac-related symptoms including shortness of breath, chest pain, low blood pressure, and arrhythmia. Receiving treatment can help alleviate cardiac-related symptoms. Cause...
Haveasthmaor lung disease, although more research is needed on this Have conditions such as cancer and blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia Have a weakened immune system (due to conditions such as HIV and sickle cell anemia or use of long-term medications such as prednisone) ...
READ MORE:How sickle cell disease affects vision Can anemia cause blurry vision? In most cases, people do not have many eye or vision symptoms from anemia unless it has begun to cause damage to the eye’s tissues. If anemia worsens, bleeding and swelling in the retina could lead to vision...
Symptoms and signs of VTE may overlap with other clinical complications of SCD. Lower-extremity edema might be attributed to right heart failure, kidney, or liver disease but its unequal distribution may provide a clue indicating VTE. A unilateral painful, swollen leg might be attributed to cellul...
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In certain patients with bone marrow disease (or bone marrow damage from chemotherapy) or patients withkidney failure,epoetin alfa(Procrit,Epogen) may be used to stimulate bone marrow in red blood cell production. If a medication is thought to be the culprit for anemia, then it should be dis...
PAH can be difficult for doctors to pinpoint because the early symptoms are similar to many other conditions. It often takes 2 years or longer to find out exactly what’s wrong. To get the right diagnosis, you need to see specialists in lung disorders (pulmonologists) and heart disease (...