#scam17

#TeamSickleCell what does your worst sickle cell pain feel like to you? Sickle cell pain crises (vaso-occlusive crisis) are a hallmark characteristic of sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease patients describe severe pain as feeling like being stabbed continuously. Mothers living with sickle cell disease describe being in labor as a breeze compared to a severe #sicklecell pain crisis. #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

#TeamSickleCell, what common complications do you battle on a day-to-day basis? Other common #sicklecell disease complications include jaundice (yellow eyes), dehydration, leg ulcers, weakness and pain episodes. #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

#TeamSickleCell what was the most unusual part of the body have you experienced a pain crisis or complication? #Sicklecell disease is a blood disorder, meaning complications can occur in any part of the body. Complications include avascular necrosis in joints, lung infections, retinopathy in eyes and ulcers in legs. #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

While normal red blood cells are round and flexible, red blood cells in those with #sicklecell disease become hard, sticky, and crescent shaped making it more difficult for them to move through small blood vessels. #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

Researchers found that the #sicklecell gene is prevalent in areas of malaria prevalence. In some regions, as much as 40% of the population has sickle cell trait. “Scientists believe the sickle cell gene appeared and disappeared in the population several times.” Source: Evolution Library, PBS.org #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

When Grenadian #sicklecell patient Walter Clement Noel complained about the pain he was experiencing, James Herrick sent his intern Ernest E. Irons to investigate. After performing blood work, in the November 1910 issue of "Archives of Internal Medicine," Herrick reported on "peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia." #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

There are four independent origins of #sicklecell gene which derive from Central Africa, Central West Africa, African West coast, Arabian Peninsula and India. These are the Benin haplotype (group of genes), the Senegal haplotype in the Central African Republic or the Bantu haplotype found in the Central West Africa, the African West coast and the Central Africa (Bantu speaking Africa), respectively. A fourth haplotype, the Saudi-Asian haplotype, is found in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia and central India. Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation

#Teamsicklecell what is your sickle cell genotype? No two sickle cell patients experience the same disease, because sickle cell disease is highly individualized. The various types of sickle cell disease include the three most common: Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle C Disease, and Sickle Beta Thalassemia. There are also more rare forms including Sickle D, E, and O-Arab Disease. #SickleCell101 #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellEducation