The journal article first talks about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) being steadily rising in Ireland more than ten years. SCD raised because of immigration. This disease is most common in men. The condition of SCD makes the abnormal red blood cells not function properly. The life span of a person with SCD is shortened. This disease is a global health problem.There was a non - funded neonatal screening program for all the children identified SCD in Republic of Ireland born after 2005. The screening helped to compare and review all the kids with this blood disorder from 2009 to 2012. There were a lot of statistics in the article, especially about the results of the screening program.
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Sickle Cell Disease is an error in the red blood cell that made the healthy saucer shaped red blood cell turn into a sickled shape. The author then talks about anemia, and how it causes sickle cell to be more fragile compared to normal healthy cells. The sickle Cell trait is much more common than the disease. A person that has the sickle cell trait has very mild to no symptoms. Next, the author talks about the warning signs and symptoms of sickle cell disease such as pain and swelling in the joints, dark urine, leg ulcers around the ankles and etc. The author gives the readers ten important rules to manage sickle cell disease. There are treatments and treatments for sickle cell disease such as penicillin, hormones and blood transfusions. Finally the author talks about genetics in sickle cell disease and how it 's passed on from parent to …show more content…
Using the definition of sickle cell disease from this book will be an important leading guide in understanding the disease and how it works. The information about the signs and symptoms of the disease will be used to help to be aware about the causes and effects of this disease, The information about treatments will used to help the reader to know all the medications and therapies to alleviate the the painful symptoms. The text about sickle cell disease being an inherited blood disorder will lead the reader to understand about the genetics, and the sickle cell trait
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Sickle Cell Disease is an error in the red blood cell that made the healthy saucer shaped red blood cell turn into a sickled shape. The author then talks about anemia, and how it causes sickle cell to be more fragile compared to normal healthy cells. The sickle Cell trait is much more common than the disease. A person that has the sickle cell trait has very mild to no symptoms. Next, the author talks about the warning signs and symptoms of sickle cell disease such as pain and swelling in the joints, dark urine, leg ulcers around the ankles and etc. The author gives the readers ten important rules to manage sickle cell disease. There are treatments and treatments for sickle cell disease such as penicillin, hormones and blood transfusions. Finally the author talks about genetics in sickle cell disease and how it 's passed on from parent to …show more content…
Using the definition of sickle cell disease from this book will be an important leading guide in understanding the disease and how it works. The information about the signs and symptoms of the disease will be used to help to be aware about the causes and effects of this disease, The information about treatments will used to help the reader to know all the medications and therapies to alleviate the the painful symptoms. The text about sickle cell disease being an inherited blood disorder will lead the reader to understand about the genetics, and the sickle cell trait