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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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Kidney Stones: Medications

...tract and pass out of the body in the urine without being noticed. When they cause symptoms, however, kidney stones have been described as one of the most painful disorders to afflict humans. The... Read more »

Cirrhosis: Ascites

...fluid loss, which can set off complications, including hypokalemia (dangerously low potassium levels), kidney failure, or encephalopathy. Weight loss from diuretics usually should not exceed 1 - 2... Read more »

Urinary Tract Infection: Complications

...higher risk for such infections than those outside the hospital. In one particularly dangerous form of kidney infection that obstructs the ureter, mortality rates exceed 40%. This specific... Read more »

Kidney Stones: Introduction

Kidney stones are hard, solidrocks that form in the urinary tract. They areone of the most painful ailments. In many cases, the stones are very small and can pass out of the body without... Read more »

Gout: Diagnosis

...treatment may be justified, for example in patients with very high uric acid levels that threaten the kidney or those with a personal or strong family history of gout, kidney stones, or kidney... Read more »

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