Anemia

Sickle cell anemia is considered a codominant gene mutation which means that both parents have two genes that cause the abnormal hemoglobin (Crowley & Crowley, 2014). If the person has the sickle cell trait it means that they only carry one defective gene, and would live a normal life. In order for the sickle cell to be anemia the individual would have to have one defective gene from the mother and the other from the father. Every newborn in the United States undergoes a mandatory test that…

Sickle Cell Disease (Anemia) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation in hemoglobin. Rather than the common disc shape of red blood cells, this disease causes the cells to form in a crescent shape, leaving them fragile and apt to break or clot in small blood vessels, thereby slowing or blocking blood flow. This prevents oxygen from circulating the body properly. As with all autosomal recessive genes, both parents must be carriers in order for their offspring to get the disease.…

Christians cannot get all they need for spiritual maturity in a once a week meeting. Believing that they can creates spiritual anemia. The acceptance of this unBiblical idea has produced an undernourished and ill equipped body. Unfortunately this model was first demonstrated by the Catholic church, creating the priest/laity divide. It was reinforced by the industrialized education model in the early 1900s where efficiency in spreading information trumped organic relationships. It was…

While Sickle Cell Anemia is more common in certain ethnic groups, people should be aware of sickle cell. Sickle Cell Anemia affects 1 out of 13 people and is diagnosed at birth. People with this disease live a life struggling pain and uncertainty. On the 15th of November 1910, Dr. James Herrick made the first discovery of sickle cell disease. He encountered multiple patients complaining of similar symptoms of acute chest pain. Dr. Herrick received a blood film, a test used to look for…

"Anemia is a reduction in the total number of erythrocytes in the circulating blood or a decrease in the quality or quantity of hemoglobin" (McCance & Huether, 2014, p.982). There are many causes of anemia and are classified in this manner. There are three classifications: macrocytic-normochromic anemia, microcytic-hypochromic anemia, and normocytic-normochromic anemia (McCance & Huether, 2014). Macrocytic-normochromic anemias encompass pernicious anemia and folate deficiency anemia (McCance &…

Title- The Genetic Disease Sickle Cell Anemia Introduction- Throughout evolutionary history, advances in molecular biology allow molecular biologist to discover new genetic diseases. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder in which there is a single amino acid substitution, which alters the structure and function of the hemoglobin. Although one might think that this disease only affects the circulatory system it actually affects many of the body’s systems, disrupting its functional…

Sickle -cell anemia is a disease that affects the shape of red blood cells and it causes them to become a sickle shape. Sickle cell anemia was first noticed around 1670, in a tribe called Krobo in Ghana, Africa. In 1910 a physician in Chicago named James Herrick was the first person to first describe it clinically (Kiple). Since then much more information has been discovered on this disease. Such as this is a disease that people inherit from their parents if both are carriers. There are many…

Mineral Elements: Q1: What does it mean to be anaemic? Anaemia is a blood-related medical condition, that is characterised by a distinctly perceivable lack of red blood cells and haemoglobin in the blood stream, which generally leaves the sufferer fatigued, unmotivated, and weak. This is what it means to be anaemic. However, Anaemia is closely linked with a deficiency in iron, and by frequently consuming a myriad of products that contain the vital element, those plagued by the unfortunate…

Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a largely misunderstood and currently incurable genetic blood disease, affecting one out of every 131,000 births annually. Some of the disease’s early symptoms are vague and may be misdiagnosed as something as common as the flu. Florida State University’s head coach, Jimbo Fisher, and his wife, Candi, spent the last several years becoming highly acquainted with the rare blood disease after their youngest son, Ethan, was diagnosed with FA about four years ago at the age of…

Everyday people go unaware of the traits they could potentially be carrying. People are usually educated on their genotypes after their child has developed a dreadful disease like sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a chronic blood disorder in which a mutated form of hemoglobin causes the red blood cells to sickle. When the red blood cells sickle, they can cause clogging within small blood vessels. This can lead to severe pain, organ damage, and paralysis because the body does not get…