Symptoms such as chest pain may signal a sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) causes your red blood cells to be hard and sickle-shaped (like a “C”) instead of round. Your red blood ...

There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes several of them.

A pain crisis can last anywhere from hours to ... Some types of the disorder, like sickle cell anemia (also called hemoglobin SS), cause more severe symptoms than other types.

Despite some recent setbacks to its sickle cell disease (SCD) pipeline, Pfizer is plowing ahead in improving education around ...

a type of sickle cell crisis, causes recurrent, painful episodes typically located in the chest, back, abdomen, and extremities. Other disease manifestations include hemolytic anemia, acute chest ...

Sickle cell anemia is a form of SCD ... During a sickle cell crisis, a person may need to stay in the hospital. If their red blood cell and hemoglobin counts get very low, a person may need ...

Victoria Gray is the first person in the world to receive CRISPR,  a gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease created by ...

Sickle cell anemia is what Tenesha Dudley of Rocky Mount ... Her last happened during a pain crisis. I think I was on a ventilator for 5 days. but I stayed in the hospital 27 days.

Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of genetic blood ... children may experience a potentially life-threatening splenic sequestration crisis in which sickle cells block the narrow blood vessels ...

Hemoglobin SS, also called sickle cell anemia, is usually the most severe ... Pain relievers can help when you are having a pain crisis. Other drugs can reduce the frequency of pain crises ...

Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of genetic blood ... 1579-4185-8d1e-ef7525e0d546 The pain of a sickle cell crisis starts ...