SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
SYMPTOMS
WHAT COULD CAUSE IT AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT
Sickle cell anemia is a form of inherited blood disorder, sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia affects your red blood cells, turning them from round flexible discs into stiff and sticky sickled cells.
SYMPTOMS
↗️ Having skin color that’s more pale than usual.
↗️ Fatigue. This is feeling too tired to manage daily activities.
↗️ Trouble breathing.
*WHAT CAUSES SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?*
People with sickle cell anemia inherit the disease from their biological parents. In sickle cell anemia, the gene that helps make normal red blood cells mutates, or changes. People who inherit the mutated hemoglobin protein gene from both biological parents have sickle cell anemia. People who inherit the mutated gene from one biological parent have the sickle cell trait.
*HOW DO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TREAT SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?*
Healthcare providers typically treat sickle cell anemia with blood transfusions, antibiotics to treat infections and medications that reduce symptoms caused by sickle cell anemia complications. These medications may include hydroxyurea, voxlelotor, L-glutamine therapy and crizanlizumab.