Maternal Health ISU - Sickle Cell Disease

What is Sickle Cell Disease?

• An inherited white blood cell disorder

• An acquired white blood cell disorder

• An inherited red blood cell disorder

• An acquired red blood cell disorder

What are the types of Sickle Cell Disease?

• HbSS

• HbSC

• HbS beta thalassemia

• All of the above

An individual with the Sickle Cell Trait will show symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia.

• True

• False

If an individual's mother and father both have the sickle cell trait, there is a ____ percent chance of them having sickle cell anemia.

If a person's mother and father both have sickle cell disease, there is a 100% chance that they will have sickle cell disease.

• True

• False

For a baby to be born with sickle cell disease ____ parents must carry a sickle cell gene.

Stem cell transplants are very safe procedures to help "cure" sickle cell disease.

• True

• False

Sickle cell disease primarily affects individuals from...

• Nordic countries

• Regions in the western hemisphere

• Subsaharan African descent

• Mediterranean countries

There are things a mother can do to prevent her child from getting sickle cell disease.

• True

• False

Sickle cell disease affects approximately _________ individuals worldwide.

• 10 thousand

• 1 billion

• 250 million

• 100 million