Transfusion reaction

Challenges Mothers Have Faced: The most challenge that was reported by mothers was being exhausted especially during the time of painful crisis. Feeling exhausted results from not getting enough sleep due to worrying about the child’s health. Additionally, mothers provide all the child’s needs during the night such as medication and food, and help the child to sleep when he is not able to sleep due to severe pain. Participant # 6 suggested that the only time she could take a nap during the…

Before we get into the specifics about this disease, let us look at the history of sickle cell disease. One type of sickle cell disease is sickle cell anemia. Anemia means a few abnormal amounts of red blood cells. The name sickle cell anemia is first coined in 1910 by U.S. physician James Bryan Herrick. In one of his severe anemia cases, he found abnormal shaped red blood cells. He described them as sickle-shaped cells. By 1949, U.S. physical chemist Linus Pauling displayed that hemoglobin in…

been proven to help adults have less pain episodes and acute chest syndrome, and it has helped with anemia, all of which are common complications of sickle cell disease. Another way to manage sickle cell disease is through red blood cell transfusion. Transfusion increases the healthy red blood cells and decreases obstructions in blood vessels, which in turn improves blood flow and oxygenation to organs and tissues (“Sickle Cell Disease”,…

“Genetic disorder – an inherited medical condition caused by a DNA abnormality.” ( www.google.com) Abnormalities can be small as a single-base mutation in just one gene , or they can involve the addition or subtraction of entire chromosomes. Genetic disorders are quite rare but still do occur at times. Some of the disorders may or may not heritable, passed down from the parents’ genes. Genetics disorders may vary. Non-heritable disorders, not received from parents are caused by mutations and/or…

For a large part of History, Jehovah Witnesses have often been ostracized and somewhat unwelcomed throughout the world, due to the sometimes misunderstood religious perspectives they have. Jehovah Witnesses do belong to the larger religious group of Christianity but also have many distinct beliefs that separate them from many modern day Christians. The beliefs they have can influence their relationship to health and health precautions, and may have lasting impacts on their population…

differences, and see if the differences could be associated with the disease. The study could not be completed however, so Blumberg focused his study on hemophiliacs. He collected blood samples from hemophiliacs who had received multiple blood transfusions. Since the donated blood would not…

According to the article “Managing Sickle Cell Disease”, sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder affecting the red blood cells. The disease causes the red blood cells to become rigid and half-moon shaped, resulting in obstruction of capillary blood flow. Decreased oxygen to the tissues results in pain. The disease is inherited and has the greatest prevalence among Black Americans and Hispanics in the United States. Inheritance is autosomal recessive and results in production of sickle…

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease. It occurs due to the change of single nucleotide in the beta globin chain. In this disease, normal red blood cells get changed into to sickle shaped or disc shaped showing concave from the center. They may change their shape in the form of banana. Cause of disease: Sickle cell anemia is caused due to deficiency of iron in the body which results in change in the shape of red blood cells. How it occurs: Red blood cells are flexible due to which they…

What is Sickle Cell Disease? Sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin. Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped and have difficulty passing small blood vessels. Hemoglobin is the main substance of the red blood cells. It can help red blood cells carry oxygen from the air in our lungs to all parts of the body. Normal red blood cells are soft round and can squeeze through…

to most people but 40% of patients do not respond which results in progressive organ failure (Vichinsky). This medication is used to interfere with the sickling process. Evidence has shown that decreased pain episodes, hospitalization, and blood transfusions in adults, but the evidence was not as strong in children…