Sickle Cell Crisis (cont.)
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- Sickle Cell Crisis Overview
- Sickle Cell Crisis Causes
- Sickle Cell Crisis Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Exams and Tests
- Sickle Cell Crisis Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medications
- Other Therapy
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Outlook
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Outlook
In spite of the tremendous improvements in diagnosis, genetic counseling, neonatal screening, and medical care, the ever-increasing body of information may have falsely raised expectations for a specific cure. Progress on genetic manipulation, which has the potential to cure the disease, is slow.
Developments in long-term transfusion therapy have given promise in decreasing the severity of pain crises and the incidence of stroke; however, exposure to blood-borne diseases due to multiple transfusions is a risk.
Support and cure of infection are still the mainstays of treatment.
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) and its variants are genetic disorders of mutant hemoglobins (Hb).
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