Sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia is the most common of the hereditary blood disorders among black people of African descent worldwide. Learn about symptoms, treatment, causes, inheritance, testing, complications, and more.
Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease that destroys red blood cells by causing them to take on a rigid sickle shape.
Sickle cell anemia is suggested when the abnormal sickle-shaped cells in the blood are identified under a microscope. Testing is typically performed on a smear of blood using a special low-oxygen preparation. This is referred to as sickle prep. Other prep tests can also be used to detect abn...
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of disorders resulting from mutations in the hemoglobin gene that can lead to deformation of the red blood cell (RBC) into a crescent, or sickle, shape. From: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2008 About this pageAdd to MendeleySet alert ...
A Real Time System for the Analysis of Sickle Cell Anemia Blood Smear Images Using Image ProcessingSickle Cell Anaemia is a blood disorder which affects many people in various parts of the world.It not only includes Asia, Africa, Mediterranean region, USA but also in India. This disease ...
What is sickle cell anemia and what would a peripheral blood smear look like from a sickle cell patient?Hemoglobin:Hemoglobin is a conjugated protein made up of iron, protoporphyrin IX type III and globin. The globin portion is made of four protein subunits...
Peripheral blood smear showing a mixture of RBCs, some with round normal morphology and some with sickling (elongation and bending) Image:“Sickle Cell Anemia” by Ed Uthman. License: CC BY 2.0 Related videos 3:58 Sickle Cell Anemia: Clinical Pathology and Diagnosis 1:25 Sickle Cell Anemia:...
What is sickle cell anemia and what would a peripheral blood smear look like from a sickle cell patient? Which cell contains hemoglobin? Genetic disorder producing abnormal hemoglobin a) Iron-deficiency anemia b) Pernicious anemia c) Aplastic anemia d)...
Sickle cells in peripheral blood smear are usually seen in sickle cell disease. However in certain very rare conditions, pseudosickle cells may be seen. The present study reports two cases of iron deficiency anemia with presence of pseudo sickle cells in the peripheral blood films which lead to...
a woman is found to be a carrier for sickle cell, testing should be offered to her partner. Sickle cell tests may also be ordered when a person has abnormal results on acomplete blood count (CBC)andblood smearand/or has signs and symptoms that suggest the presence of sickle cell anemia....