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… Blood Transfusions for Sickle Cell Disease On this page: Treatment Overview What To Expect … Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview During a blood transfusion, a person (the recipient) receives healthy …
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… Technetium-Labelled Red Blood Cell Bleeding Scan On this page: Test Overview Related … Information Test Overview In a technetium-labelled red blood cell bleeding scan, blood is taken from you, and a …
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… CD4+ Cells On this page: Overview Overview … CD4+ cells are part of the immune system and are a type of white blood cell . White blood cells protect the body against …
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… Stem Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease On this page: … the substance in the centre of your bones that produces red blood cells. A person with sickle cell disease has bone marrow that produces red blood cells with defective hemoglobin S. But if that bone …
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… Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome On this page: Conditions Basics Related … Information Conditions Basics What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome? Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a heart rhythm problem that causes a …
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… Sickle Cell Test On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To … Test Overview A sickle cell test is a blood test done to check for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease . Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease that causes red blood cells to be deformed ( …
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… Sickle Cell Disease On this page: Health Tools … sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease is a genetic red blood cell disorder. It changes normal, round red blood … washed out. They may be short of breath. Their skin and the whites of their eyes may have a yellowish look ( jaundice ). …
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… Stem Cell Donation On this page: Overview … donate stem cells. If you wish to be a stem cell donor, a blood sample is taken from you and tested for tissue type. … people who need a transplant. If a match is found, another blood sample will be taken. This is to see if your tissue …
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… Sickle Cell Crisis On this page: Overview … . A sickle cell crisis occurs when sickle-shaped red blood cells clump together and block small blood vessels that carry blood to certain organs, muscles, …
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… Giant Cell Arteritis On this page: Conditions Basics Related … (say "ar-tuh-RY-tus"), or GCA, is inflammation of the blood vessels. It mostly affects the arteries that carry blood to the head, especially those that supply the eyes, …
