Sickle cell anemia can cause serious complications, most of which are medical emergencies that require immediate treatment. Learn more about them, so you can act promptly and receive the treatment ...

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Clinical Presentation of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease There is a broad spectrum of acute presentation with CVA and other neurological complications in patients with SCD ( Table 1 ). Clinical ...

Stroke Prevention in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease The Royal College of Physicians (UK) has recently published guidelines on the management of stroke in childhood, which address the issues of ...

That changed for Hickman in September 2022, during Sickle Cell Awareness Month, when Robert Brodsky, M.D., director of the Division of Hematology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and ...

By Chioma Obinna On this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, healthcare professionals have called for multidisciplinary care, friendly policies, and massive awareness to reduce the challenges faced by ...

Article citations More>> Jacob, E., Chan, V.W., Hodge, C., Zeltzer, L. and Zurakowski, D. (2011) Self-Reported Pain in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Impact of Age and Disease Severity. The ...

On one side of the debate, some patients thought that celebrating themselves doesn’t align with the day’s overall theme. Frankly, I find that position weird. Yes, World Sickle Cell Day is undeniably ...

Sickle-cell disease is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle-cell anaemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying ...

New Delhi: Sickle cell anaemia tests have become much more affordable, with the government driving the prices of kits to less than Rs 50 in its bid to make diagnosis accessible and eradicate the ...

“With screening, many of these deaths can be prevented,” he said. During the study, 7,275 babies (11.4 per cent) were found to be carriers of the sickle cell gene.