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(CASE STUDY) NR-283 Week 6 RUA: Pathophysiological Processes Guidelines: Sickle Cell Anemia in African Countries
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Sickle Cell Anemia Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 283: Pathophysiology Sickle Cell Anemia Approximately 60 % of individuals w ith Sickle Cell Anemia live in Sub Saharan Africa. Each year about 300,000 infants are born with major hemoglobin disorders- including more than 200,000 cases of Sickle C...

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SICKEL CELL 2




Sickle Cell Anemia

Chamberlain College of Nursing

NR 283: Pathophysiology




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Sickle Cell Anemia

Approximately 60 % of individuals with Sickle Cell Anemia live in Sub Saharan Africa.

Each year about 300,000 infants are born with major hemoglobin disorders- including more than

200,000 cases of Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa. (Munube et al., 2016). Sickle Cell Anemia is a

common genetic condition due to a hemoglobin (Hb) disorder inheritance of mutant hemoglobin

genes from both parents. Normally, your red blood cells are flexible and round, moving easily

through your blood vessels but with sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and

sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. The irregular shaped cells can get stuck in

blood vessels and can slow or block blood flow of blood and oxygen to parts of the body. There's

no cure for sickle cell anemia but there are treatments that can relieve pain and help prevent

further problems associated with sickle cell anemia. In my paper I will be discussing the

etiology, pathophysiological processes, clinical manifestations, complications, and diagnostics.

Etiology and Risk Factors

Cells in tissues need a steady supply of oxygen to function. Hemoglobin in red blood

cells takes up oxygen in the lungs and carries it to all the tissues of the body. Red blood cells that

contain normal hemoglobin are disc shaped that allows the cells to be flexible so that they can

move through large and small blood vessels to deliver oxygen. When someone has sickle cell

anemia the cell can form stiff rods within the red cell, changing it into a crescent, or sickle shape.

Sickle-shaped cells are not flexible and can stick to vessel walls, causing a blockage that slows

or stops the flow of blood.

When the vessels walls get blocked there is a low or no supply of oxygen to the tissues.

In the United States, most people with sickle cell anemia are of African ancestry or identify

themselves as black. About 1 in 13 African American babies is born with sickle cell trait. About 1



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