Kelly has taught High School Science and Applied Communications. She holds an Education Specialist Degree in Ed. Leadership. Sickle cell anemia is a disorder that alters the shape of the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. Explore the characteristics of sickle cell anemia, symptoms, and genetics...
SICKLE cell anemiaHEALTH equityRACIAL inequalitySCHOOL psychologistsCEREBRAL infarctionSOCIAL advocacyThe racialized history of sickle cell disease (SCD) continues to contribute to racial disparities in healthcare and education. In the context of the racialized history of SCD, we begin by outlining ...
Sickle Cell Disease (Clinical) Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic disorders in which an abnormal Hb molecule (Hb S) transforms RBCs into sickle-shaped cells, resulting in chronic anemia, vasoocclusive episodes, pain, and organ damage. Sickle cell trait, which is the heterozygous...
Citation:Gabriel, A. & Przybylski, J.(2010)Sickle-cell anemia: A Look at Global Haplotype Distribution.Nature Education3(3):2 Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. ...
Educators were unaware of the presence of students with sickle cell disease in the school, thus demonstrating the need for healtheducation actions to promote better care for these students.Key words: Anemia, Sickle Cell; Health Education; Students. 展开 ...
Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle cell is a homogenous genetic anemia caused when an abnormal gene (hemoglobin S or HbS) causes the substitution of the amino acid valine, for another, glutamic acid (Amundsen et al., 1984). The sickle gene protects heterogeneous carriers (HbC) from P. falciparum in ...
The Sickle Cell Podcast:A podcast that shares patient “sickle cell warrior” experiences and provides context and education. Find it wherever you get your podcasts (here it is onApple PodcastsandGoogle). Cure Is There a Cure for Sickle Cell Anemia?
Sickle cell disease is a non-contagious blood disorder caused by a defect in the gene for red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body. Sickle cell anemia is the most common form of the disease. Though it has become mislabeled as a “black disease” because of the disproportionat...
The most common and most severe form of SCD is the homozygous state known as Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) due to inheritance of hemoglobin S (HbS) from each parent [1]. The inheritance of HbS in heterozygous state with a normal Hb is known as sickle cell trait which is not part of SCD ...
Sickle cell anemia (Hb SS) accounts for 60% to 70% of sickle cell disease in the United States. The other forms of sickle cell disease result from coinheritance of Hb S with other abnormal globin β-chain variants (Vichinsky and Schlis, 2006). Silent infarcts occur in the distribution ...