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Sickle Cell Trait, If you inherit a gene from one of your parents, called a sickle cell gene, you have a condition called sickle cell trait. If you inherit a si...
Sickle Cell Disease (Sickle Cell Anaemia), So, early diagnosis and specialist treatment are advised for SCD. Sickle cell trait is not the same as sic...
Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Anaemia, Sickling disorders include heterozygous (AS) sickle cell trait, homozygous (SS) sickle cell ...
Patients with sickle cell trait can usually travel without restriction. Ear, nose and throat problems Active middle-ear infections, effusions, or recent ear surgery are contra-ind...
So, early diagnosis and specialist treatment are advised for SCD. Sickle cell trait is not the same as sickle cell disease . Aplastic anaemia Aplastic anaemia...
People with sickle cell anaemia (not sickle cell trait). Outlook If treated, the outlook (prognosis) is good.
Myeloma . Sickle cell disease and sickle cell anaemia . Sickle cell trait . Thalassaemia . Thrombophilia .
There also appears to be an increased risk in patients with haemoglobinopathy eg, sickle cell trait. When all possible causes have been excluded, a diagnosis of Meyer-Betz syndrome can be m...
Stem Cell Transplant, In the management of sickle cell disease . Where are stem cells obtained from? An autologous transplant This means that the ste...
This is important for ethnic groups who have a family history of homozygous sickle cell anaemia or sickle cell trait, particularly where there is no previous surgical histor...
Even in sickle cell trait, strenuous exertion, especially in the unfit and dehydrated, can precipitate sickling, haemolysis and sudden death from hyperkalaemia.
Patients of Afro-Caribbean origin must have haemoglobin electrophoresis to exclude sickle cell trait unless this is already on record. ECG may be required in anyone with existing heart dis...
Ethnicity may be a consideration in deciding the best treatment for hypertension . Sickle cell trait confers partial protection against the effects of malaria, so the sickle cell...
Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Disorders, What are mast cells? Mast cells are a type of white blood cell - together, our white blood cells play a major role...
Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis), It is called 'giant cell' because abnormal large cells develop in the wall of the inflamed arteries. The arteries commonly...
Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis, What is Langerhans' cell histiocytosis? (Definition) [ 1 ] Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) is one of the 'histi...
Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Disorders, Synonym: systemic mast cell disease What is mastocytosis? Mast cells are found in the perivascular spaces of most tissues and...
This condition behaves like sickle cell anaemia (not like thalassaemia) and is treated in the same way as sickle cell anaemia. See the separate leaflet called Sickle Ce...
Polycythaemia Rubra Vera (High Red Blood Cell Count), Stem cells constantly divide and produce new cells. Some new cells remain as stem cells and others go...
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Skin (SCC), What is squamous cell carcinoma? Primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a malignant tumour that arises from the kerat...