Sickle Cell Anemia
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World Sickle Cell Day 2025: What is Sickle Cell Anaemia? Doctor debunks myths
Health | Jun 19, 2025, 04:35 PM ISTOn World Sickle Cell Day 2025, doctors explain Sickle Cell Anemia, an inherited blood disorder causing abnormally shaped red blood cells. Experts debunk common myths, raising awareness about the condition's causes, symptoms, and management.
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Can prenatal diagnosis help in treatment of sickle cell awareness? Doctor answers
Health | Jun 19, 2025, 01:38 PM ISTSickle cell anaemia is inherited, which means, one is born with it. A lot of parents today, opt for prenatal diagnosis, which helps in the detection of diseases in the foetus. Read on as a doctor explains how prenatal diagnosis help in treatment of sickle cell anaemia.
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Anaemia symptoms: 5 signs of sickle cell anaemia that you should know
Health | Jun 04, 2025, 09:15 AM ISTAccording to reports, an estimated 7.74 million people lived with sickle cell disease in 2021. Sickle cell anaemia can be a life-threatening condition. It is important that you spot the symptoms as it can further help with the treatments. Here are some of the signs of sickle cell anaemia.
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Sickle Cell Trait vs Sickle Cell Disease: Differences in symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Health | Jun 18, 2024, 07:45 PM ISTWorld Sickle Cell Day is a crucial step towards breaking the stigma and discrimination associated with this disease, promoting early detection and treatment. Thus, knowing the difference between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease is also important.
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World Sickle Cell Day 2024: Types, causes, symptoms and treatment of this inherited blood disorder
Health | Jun 18, 2024, 06:15 PM ISTWorld Sickle Cell Day is an annual event celebrated on June 19th to raise awareness about sickle cell disease and advocate for the rights of those who are affected by it. The day also aims to promote early diagnosis, access to treatment, and improved quality of life for those affected by the disease
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What is National Mission Sickle Cell Anaemia? Modi government plans to eradicate the disease
Health | Jun 27, 2023, 04:54 PM ISTThe National Sickle Cell Anemia Elimination Mission is a big plan of the Modi government against this disease. More than 7 crore tribals living in 17 states of the country are suffering from sickle cell anemia.
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World Sickle Cell Awareness Day 2023: Know symptoms, causes & prevention of this blood disorder
Health | Jun 19, 2023, 02:18 PM ISTTo help people from not getting affected by sickle cell disease it is important to know what causes the disease, what are the symptoms and how it can be prevented.
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Decoding the link between sickle cell disease and higher death risk in pregnant women
Health | Feb 03, 2023, 12:10 PM ISTSickle Cell Disease: The genetic alteration at the root of the disease affects red blood cells that contain hemoglobin, the protein responsible for transporting and delivering oxygen to the body, to become 'sickled' in appearance.
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Researchers discover improved treatment for children with sickle cell anemia
Lifestyle | Jul 15, 2020, 06:56 PM ISTA team of international researchers has found that dose escalation of hydroxyurea treatment for children in Uganda with sickle cell anemia is more effective and has similar side effects than a lower fixed dose of the same drug.