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  2. Acute chest syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The acute chest syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in people with sickle cell anemia. This condition commonly manifests with a new opacification of the lung(s) on a chest x-ray. [1]

  3. Heterozygote advantage - Wikipedia

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    If effective sickle-cell anemia treatments become available to the same degree, allele frequencies should remain at their present levels in these populations. In this context, 'treatment effectiveness' refers to the reproductive fitness it grants, rather than the degree of suffering alleviation.

  4. Anemia - Wikipedia

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    The types of anemia treated with drugs are iron-deficiency anemia, thalassemia, aplastic anemia, hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, and pernicious anemia, the most important of them being deficiency and sickle cell anemia with together 60% of market share because of highest prevalence as well as higher treatment costs compared with other ...

  5. Sickle cell nephropathy - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell nephropathy is a type of kidney disease associated with sickle cell disease which causes kidney complications as a result of sickling of red blood cells in the small blood vessels. The hypertonic and relatively hypoxic environment of the renal medulla , coupled with the slow blood flow in the vasa recta , favors sickling of red ...

  6. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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    The sickle cell trait provides a survival advantage against malaria fatality over people with normal hemoglobin in regions where malaria is endemic. The trait is known to cause significantly fewer deaths due to malaria, especially when Plasmodium falciparum is the causative organism.

  7. Sickle cell-beta thalassemia - Wikipedia

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    Treatment is the same as for patients with sickle cell disease. Patients may receive hydroxyurea to induce the protective effects of increased fetal hemoglobin production. They may also benefit from blood transfusions especially during vaso-occlusive crises.

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