sickle cell trait
By sweetcakes
@sweetcakes (3504)
United States
December 15, 2006 8:09am CST
Sickle cell trait usually is not regarded as a disease state because it has complications that are either uncommon or mild. Nevertheless, under unusual circumstances serious morbidity or mortality can result from complications related to polymerization of deoxy-hemoglobin S. Such problems include increased urinary tract infection in women, gross hematuria, complications of hyphema.
do you think this is the same as having sickle cell, and if not what's the difference?
4 responses
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I didn't know sickle cell can do all of that. I need to read more about that.
@only1shi (404)
• United States
16 Nov 07
Sickle cell trait means virtually nothing to you as far as complications with your health are concerned. However, it does impact future generations. Any person that you may consider having children with need to be screened for this trait also because it can affect your children. If only you have the trait, then there is a 25% chance that your children will also have the trait. If you and your significant other both have the trait, then there is a 50% chance that your child will have the trait or get the disease. If your spouse has the disease and you have the trait, then you child will have a 50% chance of getting the trait, and a 75% chance of getting the disease. In order for a child of yours to end up with sickle cell, you must BOTH have the trait.
@anjuscor (1266)
• India
26 Feb 07
Here is some information, which i found out after reading some of the websites.
Sickle cell trait describes the way a person can inherit some of the genes of sickle cell disease, but not develop symptoms. Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder in which the body produces an abnormal type of the oxygen-carrying substance hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
People with sickle cell trait rarely have symptoms due to the condition because they also have some normal hemoglobin. However, they can pass the sickle cell trait to their children. People who have the sickle cell trait have reduced susceptibility to malaria, due to natural selection for the heterozygote advantage. However, people with the sickle cell trait can still contract severe cases of malaria.
@marie27 (62)
• United States
24 Feb 07
i have the sickle cell trait too and i have heard many different things about it. i heard there is no pain and there is. now for as long as i can remember i have been gettin bad stomach pains and back aches and the doctors cant find whats wrong with me. my husband told me one day it sounds like i have sickle cell cuz he said that sounds like the same problems t-boz was having. and i told him i do have the trait. and i am really starting to believe now that the pains i go through is sickle cell related. but how do i stop them i do not know
