How does sickle cell anemia affect your diet?
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My boyfriend has sickle cell anemia and I'm learning how to deal with it and learn about especially considering we don't have medicare for him to get prescriptions.  From what I've read, the anemia does not affect your diet but your diet can affect the anemia or at least its symptoms.  For example, those with sickle cell anemia have a reduction in oxygen at times and therefore, it is very important to always drink plenty like 10 or more glasses of water a day.  Also, fruits and vegetable are often aids in oxidation and help to keep the body healthy.  Exercise, not smoking or drinking alcohol, and staying away from agitates like dust are also important.
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if it stays low from what I understand from family members being anemic your body could go into shock and that can bring on other illnesses.  being anemic is not a good thing because your body needs the iron to fight off infections and viruses.  That is why people who are anemic if they do not take care of themselves they are always cold and they are always sick with the flue or a cough.
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You can write on Sickle Cell Anemia...
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Being anemic does impact your energy levels, so as you raise your iron level it will help, but it takes a while, so you won't feel a sudden burst of energy. If you are prone to anemia (a lot of women are) you should probably plan to keep taking extra iron, at least as long as you are menstruating.
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HB, is the hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the compounds present in red blood cells in the body that enable them to transport oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Hemoglobin is made of for 4 globin (peptide) chains and an iron molecule (the heme part of hemoglobin).\n\nThe normal HB levels for men is between 12-14 and for women is between 10-12 as your doctor has told you. 5.0 shows that you have a very low HB levels, and you are therefore anemic. This presents as lethargy, tiredness, paleness and shortness of breath. This may even lead to cardiac failure. The causes are anemia are far and varied. This includes thalessiemia, sickle cell anemia and blood loss anemia. If you have no genetic problems, it could also be due to heavy menstual blood loss or diet factors like low iron, folat and vitamin b12. Those are compounds that are required to produce red blood cells and hemoglobin\n\nYou can take folate, iron and Vitamin b12 if your not taking enough of those supplements. And take care of your self.
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sickle cell is more biology based. Chemistry would be medication and production of pharmaceutical goods.\nEquations would be easier to find for that.\nGood luck.
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Anemia is usually just a lack of iron in the blood and to cure it all she has to do is eat more iron like from leafy green veggies, red meats, and eggs.
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This is common in vegetarians... are you?  It could result in megaloblastic or pernicious anemia & neurological degeneration of neurons.  You probably have fewer than normal red blood cells, thus a reduced oxygen-carrying capacity.  You need to be taking supplements.
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Iron is metabolized in the liver. When your liver can't convert the iron, it is called siderosis and results as too much iron in the blood. It has nothing to do with diet. Once you have siderosis though, diet is important as you don't want to make the condition worse. Usually you need to avoid things like red wine, colas, fast food. A doctor will have more information on this subject.
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Eat Right 4 Your Type is more of a lifestyle change than a diet.  The basic idea is that certain foods aggrevate some blood types and not others.  For example, some people can eat loads of cheese and be fine and others get all bloated and gassy.  This is also why high protein/low carb diets work for some and not others.  It works for people with blood types that should be eating those foods to begin with (Type O mostly).  Optimally, your blood cells should flow smoothly and deliver things like oxygen to various parts of your body including muscle tissue and organs.  They also keep you healthy by defending against foreign cells and infection.  When you eat a food that should be avoided by people with your blood type, your blood cells clump together and are less effective at their job.  Many people refer to the feeling that they get as "food coma".  Eat Right 4 Your Type identifies about 200 foods per blood type that you should focus on.  I believe the average American eats about 40 different foods, so you'll actually have more to choose from.  Also, don't think that, for example, if you're type A you must give up cheese altogether, just that you should avoid it as much as possible and that  you'll be happier and healthier if you do.  Check it out.  Buy the book...it's worth it.  I know lots of people who have tried it and have stuck with it and are doing great...including myself!!
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I am a nutritionist.....We all have a blood type, try and find out yours, then follow your  record..... although also use the common sense version, such as....sode, fries, andything fried, candy, sweetes, although these are bad, you can eat them on accations. Not daily, hourly and secondly.
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Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.  This means that in order for a child to have sickle cell in its full blown form, (s)he must inherit the trait from BOTH parents. If two carriers of the trait marry, these are the odds:\n\nBoth parents are Ss, so Ss crossed with Ss yields a 50% chance that a child will be a carrier (have sickle cell trait), a 25% chance that a child will be normal (not have any sickle cell at all in their genes), and a 25% chance that a child will have sickle cell disease. \n\nIf a person with sickle cell marries a normal person, then all of their children will be carriers (have the trait).\n\nIf a person who is a carrier marries a normal person, then 50% of the children will have the trait and 50% will be normal.\n\nIf a person who is a carrier marries a person with sickle cell,  50% of the children will be carriers, and 50% will have the disease.\n\nIn the unlikely case that two people with sickle cell disease marry, then ALL of their children will have the disease.\n\n\nNote that these numbers apply to EACH pregnancy: no matter what the outcome of each child, the chances are still the same for any siblings. So the only way a child can inherit the actual sickle cell disease is if the trait is carried by both parents or at least one of them actually has the disease.
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Yes its been proven that banana's help lower blood pressure along with a no salt diet and if you become a veggie and avoid all animal products and sugars you will notice a big change in your health.
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Sickle-cell anemia is encountered almost exclusively in people of African descent, although there are always exceptions.  The reason sickle-cell anemia is so common (compared to other genetic disorders) in certain populations is that carriers of the gene (i.e. people who have only one copy of it) have slightly oddly shaped red blood cells, which don't cause any problems for them but aren't so great for the parasite that causes malaria.  Since carriers are resistant to malaria, the gene that causes sickle-cell is extremely common only within populations from regions where malaria is endemic.  Since malaria is quite prevalent in many regions of Africa, sickle-cell is also prevalent in people whose ancestry traces back to those regions.  Sickle-cell can pop up anywhere, in any population through random mutation (if I remember correctly, it's a single nucleotide mutation), but without malaria to give heterozygous individuals (i.e. carriers) an advantage, it does not become nearly as common as it did in African populations.
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It's not an all or nothing thing, actually. Other races can get it, although it is far more common among blacks. The reason for this is that sickle cell is a genetic trait that confers advantange to those living in malaria-prone areas of the world, of which many parts of Africa and the Mediterranean are included. Sickle cell trait carriers are more resistant to malaria (as the parasite cannot survive well in sickled cells), and thus they passed this on to at least some of their children. In order to have the full-blown anemia, you must inherit the gene from BOTH parents.
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beats me I got sickle cell trait wich makes my blood cels look like if someone got a nail, hammered it in the middle of the cell and yanked the cell out. But I'm guessing yours has to do with the anemia part and you got a low white blood cell count plus they are half moon shaped.
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What causes sickle cell disease? \n\nSickle cell disease, a group of blood disorders, is inherited, passed from parent to child. Children with sickle cell disease have two defective genes, one from each parent. \n\nA child born with sickle cell trait inherited one defective gene from one parent, and a normal gene from the other parent. These children don't have sickle cell disease but are carriers of the defective gene and may pass it on to their children.\n\nHow is it treated? \n\nThe best possible treatment for a person with sickle cell disease is a partnership between the affected family and a team of health professionals. Successful treatment requires: \n\nEarly diagnosis using infant screening (shortly after birth). \nPreventive antibiotic treatment and immunizations starting at 3 to 4 months of age. \nAn aggressive pain treatment plan. \nConsultation with doctors skilled in the care of patients with sickle cell disease. In severe cases, doctors may recommend regular blood transfusions, drug treatment with hydroxyurea, or (rarely) bone marrow transplant.