has sickle cell disease or carries the disease’s trait. You won’t need to fast or take any other preliminary precautions prior to having your blood drawn. The test is conducted at one of Quest’s CLIA-certified labs, and most people receive results within a week of providing their ...
Sickle cell trait (SCT) has long been considered a benign carrier state with malarial protection, but carriers can be affected by increased venous thromboembolism, exercise-related injury, renal complications and very rarely a fatal renal malignancy. Renal medullary carcinoma is a very rare and ...
[5] arising from a wide variety of insults to the liver in patients with SCD; it is a relatively uncommon complication that occurs predominantly in patients with homozygous sickle cell anemia and to a lesser extent in patients with sickle cell trait, hemoglobin SC disease, and hemoglobin S β...
driving the sickle cell anemia testing and screening market, particularly in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. Due to the genetic nature of the disease, these regions have a higher incidence, with many tribal communities carrying the sickle cell trait. ...
Kisha McClintock understands how it affects her and is also undergoing clinical trials at the same center. She always knew she had the sickle cell trait but didn't suffer her first symptom until nine years ago. "That pain is indescribable! I mean, sometimes the pain is beyond 10. The p...