Sickle Cell Anemia Questions

Take warm baths. Soak in a bathtub filled with a few inches of warm water for about 15 minutes at a time. Rub on relief. Over-the-counter wipes or creams with witch hazel can soothe pain and itch with no side effects. Ice it. Consider painkillers. Don't scratch. Choose cotton.

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1. Don't drink water before meals. This can fill your stomach and make it harder to get in enough calories.
2. Eat more often. When you're underweight, you may feel full faster. Squeeze in an additional meal or snack whenever you can, such as before bed.
3. Drink milk. Drinking whole milk to quench thirst is a simple way to get in more high-quality protein and calories.
4. Have some dessert
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It is not possible that sickle cell is transferred by sexual activity. With sickle cell disease, an inherited group of disorders, red blood cells contort into a sickle shape. The cells die early, leaving a shortage of healthy red blood cells (sickle cell anemia), and can block blood flow causing pain (sickle cell crisis).
Infections, pain, and fatigue are symptoms of sickle cell disease.
Treatments include medications, blood transfusions, and rarely a bone-marrow transplant.

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Dear lybrate-user
Please do not be dishearted. It is hereditary problem.
Please take plenty of water, immunize yourself to prevent from infections.

It requires continues monitoring ( dosage needs to be based on not only the persons body weight but also other important health parameters ) and therefore please talk to the doctor and feel free to discuss your doubts. Do not hesitate to take the help of your doctor even if you miss one or two follow-ups.

When both partners are sickle cell carrier then each baby has 1 in 2 risk of being a carrier ,1 in4 risk of having sickle cell anaemia and 1 in4 chance of not being a carrier
Ivf is not required ,can go for normal conception ,but prenatal testing - either amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling should be done at around 10 weeks of pregnancy to find out the sickle cell status of baby.

Hello Lybrate user Sickle cell anemia patients are prone for above symptoms if the blood percentage drops. Take adequate amounts of oral fluids. Consult your physician and get evaluated.

People who have thalassemia trait (also called thalassemia minor) carry the genetic trait for thalassemia but do not usually experience any health problems except perhaps a mild anemia. A person may have either alpha thalassemia trait or beta thalassemia trait, depending upon which form of beta protein is lacking. If you have thalassemia trait, your physician may prescribe iron supplements because your red blood cells are smaller than is typical. Unless you also have iron deficiency in addition ...more

Hi, lybrate user,
Your son might experience low hb% owing to various factores , underlying :
1. inadequete food , low in protiene and iron.
2. Diet be easily digestible on time.
3. Lack of physical exercise.
4. Inadequate sleep in the night .
Give her the underlying homoeo medicines :
@Five phos 3 x 2 tabs X 3.
•Avoid , junkfood, pizza and burger and Maggie .
•Tke care.

Hi, lybrate user,
•Aging factor indicates various serious health problems, causing fall in RBC counts and hb %, needs further interrogation, locally.
•However , You may give him underlying homoeopathic medication till he gets medically, exained, futher:
@ AlfalfaQ -10 drops , thrice with 2tsfl of normal water, orally.
@ Zincum met 30ch -5 drops, thrice, simultaneously.
•Avoid , junk food, alcohol and nicotine.
•Tke, care.

"Dear Lybrate user
Thanks for sending across your query ."
No , Orofer xt fulfils your iron insufficiency and A to Z is a multi vitamin .

Your low hemoglobin .there could some underlying reason which needs to be treated. Homeopathy has very effective and reliable treatment for your problem. No side effects. Please take homeopathic medicine, preliminary dose, arsenic album 200-once daily in the evening for 3 days. Book online appointment/consultation with me -(commencing from text consult rs 149, audio/ phone-rs 300) for further more comprehensive prescription and treatment.

Your low hemoglobin. There could some underlying reason for your anemia which needs to be treated. Homeopathy has very effective and reliable treatment for your problem. No side effects. Please take homeopathic medicine, preliminary dose, arsenic album 200-once daily in the evening for 3 days. Book online appointment/consultation with me -(commencing from text consult rs 149, audio/ phone-rs 300) for further more comprehensive prescription and treatment.

Homeopathy has very effective and reliable treatment for your problem. No side effects. Please take homeopathic medicine, preliminary dose, rhus tox 200-once daily in the evening for 3 days. Book online appointment/consultation with me -(commencing from text consult rs 149, audio/ phone-rs 300) for further more comprehensive prescription and treatment.

Normo normo itself telling that its normal. Do not worry Mr. Dasgupta, it simply means your hemoglobin per rbc cell is normal and size of each rbc cell is normal.

They will not harm any patients. Normal value given in report in bracket as values change according to instrument used. So compare. Lymphocytes raised in cold allergy.

Homeopathy has very effective and reliable treatment for your problem. No side effects. Please take homeopathic medicine, preliminary dose, arsenic album 200-once daily in the evening for 3 days. Book online appointment/consultation with me -(commencing from text consult rs 149, audio/ phone-rs 300) for further more comprehensive prescription and treatment.

Dear Lybrate user thanks for sending across your query. Evion ic is used for treating muscle cramps and muscle weakness, it is also used to treat carnitine deficiency and ensures proper growth of the body.