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Health Encyclopedia: Sickle Cell Disease Complications

Complications

There is still no cure for sickle cell disease other than experimental transplantation procedures, but treatments for complications of sickle cell have prolonged the lives of many patients who are now living into adulthood.

Pain and Acute Sickle Cell Crisis

The hallmark of sickle cell disease is the sickle cell crisis (also sometimes known as a vaso-occlusive crisis), which is an episode of pain. It is the most common reason for hospitalization in sickle cell disease. The pattern may ...

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Expert & Community Posts

Pain and MS

By Vicki , Health Expert

...talk about specific pains, treatments and general pain management. In addition, I plan to... Read more »

Can Chronic Pain be Prevented? The Role of Fear and Distress

By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...behavioral variables have a huge role in transforming acute pain into chronic (and often... Read more »

Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor's Point of View

By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

It has been about ten years since the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched... Read more »

Underdosing, Not Overdosing, Is the Real Problem

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

Recently I've read several articles about how Gil Kerlikowske, Obama's drug czar, is shifting the... Read more »

Suboxone: Here To Help Program

By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...who takes pain medications for treating chronic or acute pain loses control and becomes... Read more »

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Back Pain and Sciatica: Treatment for Acute Low Back Pain

...gradual fashion as soon as the patient feels ready.Therapeutic exercises should not begin until after the acute pain has gone away.Specific Tips for Relieving PainBed rest is no longer recommended... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Treatment

Acute pain from gallstones and gallbladder disease is usually treated in the hospital, where diagnostic procedures are performed to rule out other conditions and complications. There are... Read more »

Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome

The heart is the human body's hardest working organ. Throughout life it continuously pumps blood enriched with oxygen and vital nutrients through a network of arteries to all parts of the... Read more »

Sickle Cell Disease: Lifestyle Changes

There are no proven methods for preventing either sickle cell crises or long-term complications of sickle cell disease. By taking precautions and aggressively managing problems that... Read more »

Sinusitis: Symptoms

Symptoms Indicating a Bacterial Infection. Sinus symptoms are very common during a cold or flu, but in most of these cases they are due to the effects of the infecting virus and resolve when... Read more »

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