Question

"When determining the effectiveness of teaching a child’s mother about sickle cell disease, which statement by the mother indicates the need for additional teaching?"

Answer 1

Answer:

"He is going to be playing on a soccer team when he is feeling better."

Explanation:

Sickle celll disease is considered as an inherited group of ailments, in which red blood cells contort into a sickle shape. Thus, as the cells wither early, it leaves a deficiency of healthy red blood cells (sickle cell anaemia) and can obstruct flow of blood resulting in pain (sickle cell crisis).

Therefore, Sickle Cell Carrier may participate in sports for leisure, it is however not advisable to play competitive sports like basketball because they need to avoid conditions like overexertion, overheating, dehydration, or chilling, that has the tendency to set off a life-threatening crisis.