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  2. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    The person has very few if any symptoms of sickle cell disease but carries the gene and can pass it on to their children. [56] Autosomal recessive inheritance means acquiring two changed genes from each parent. If both parents are carriers for the autosomal recessive gene, there is a 25% chance of their child having and expressing the disorder.

  3. Plastic bronchitis - Wikipedia

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    Miscellaneous: acute chest syndrome/sickle cell disease, amyloidosis, rheumatoid arthritis, pseudomembranous colitis, inhaled irritants, neoplastic (lymphoma) The most common form of plastic bronchitis follows cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease, especially the Fontan procedure. Systemic blood flow is diverted to pulmonary flow ...

  4. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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    Sickle-cell disease and the associated trait are most prevalent in Africa and Central America, which is attributed to natural selection: the sickle-cell trait confers a survival advantage in areas with a high occurrence of malaria, which has a high death rate among individuals without the trait.

  5. Woman with sickle cell disease celebrates 80th birthday ... - AOL

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    McGill is one of the nation’s oldest people with sickle cell disease, living decades past age 52, the life expectancy of someone with the disease, which has a disproportionate effect on Black ...

  6. Aplastic anemia - Wikipedia

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    Aplastic anemia causes a deficiency of all blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. [5] [6] It occurs most frequently in people in their teens and twenties but is also common among the elderly. It can be caused by immune disease, or by exposure to chemicals, drugs, or radiation. However, in about half of cases, the ...

  7. For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life ... - AOL

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    A sickle cell health crisis can escalate into life-threatening complications, ... Still, ER horror stories abound among adults with sickle cell disease. For Lesly Chavez, 29, a Houston hairstylist ...

  8. Avascular necrosis - Wikipedia

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    There is additionally no strong research on the effectiveness of hip core decompression for people with sickle cell disease. [11] The disease's progression may be halted by transplanting nucleated cells from the bone marrow into avascular necrosis lesions after core decompression. However, much further research is needed to establish this ...

  9. Methemoglobinemia - Wikipedia

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    However, people with co-morbidities such as anemia, cardiovascular disease, lung disease, sepsis, or who have abnormal hemoglobin species (e.g. carboxyhemoglobin, sulfhemoglobinemia or sickle hemoglobin) may experience moderate to severe symptoms at much lower levels (as low as 5–8%). [citation needed]