Hope and Destiny A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait

Name: Hope and Destiny A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait
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ISBN: 9780967525846

ISBN-10: 0967525845

ISBN-13: 9780967525846

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alan Sacerdote, Allen Platt

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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Hilton Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



The Abcs of Sickle Cell Disease


Introduction


Understanding the Blood


Understanding Genetics


Genetic Counseling


Raising Children Who Have Sickle Cell Disease


Sickle Cell Disease


Sickle Cell Trait


Medical Care


Developmental Issues


Birth to Six Years


Six years to Twelve Years


Teenage (thirteen to eighteen years)


Young Adult (nineteen to twenty-five years)


Adulthood (twenty-six to forty years)


Adults Over Forty


Living with Sickle Cell Disease


Pain assessment and Pain Management


New Treatments and Research


What You Can Do


Resources


The History of Sickle Cell Disease and its Distribution


Bibliography


List of Tables


An outline of what the screening tests may tell the counselor and the parents


Some of the problems that can occur


How much water an individual child should drink


Median survival of individuals of all ages with sickle cell disease based on sickle cell disease type and sex


Sickle immunization schedule adapted from the AAP 2001 recommendations


Index