Question

1, based on what you know about blood, why would having a sickle cell anemia crisis result in a reduced red blood cell count, an elevated white blood cell count, and a reduced hematocrit? 2. based on what you learned in the previous activity, why did having sickled red blood cells lead to the symptoms documented in anna's medical history when she was 14 months old? 3. describe three ways daily life is affected for those who have sickle cell anemia. 4. describe at least five symptoms of a sickle cell crisis. 5. describe the pros and cons of the treatments used for each of the sickle cell anemia patients investigated in this activity.

Answer 1

1. Having a sickle cell anemia crisis is a severe condition of reduced red blood cell count.
 2. Having sickled red blood cells lead to the symptoms like having pain in the chest and the throbbing of her leg.
 3. A person having sickle cell anemia is mostly tired due to reduction in red blood cells, so they cannot do any work with their bodies. There would difference in the personal appearances like yellow eye and skin looks pale and the skeletal system become weak too. There is trouble with breath too. 
 4. The symptoms are as follows like the patient fall in to anemia condition, urine is dark in color, eyes are yellow, and person looks pale and the body experiences frequent pain and delay in the body growth.
 5. Hydroxyurea is the medication used here. The pros of this are the frequent body pains reduces and reduction in need of blood transfusion. the cons are increase of infection and this particular drug may cause tumors and leukemia.