what is sickel cell carrie mean?

Question

I just found out my 3 week old daughter is a sickel cell carrier..What dose that mean for her? what will happen to her kids when she has them?

Answer 1

It means that she carries the trait, but doesn't display it. Her children will not be at risk unless she has them with someone who is also a carrier, and even then they will not necessarily display the disease (the chance is 1 in 4 because it is a recessive trait). Being a carrier of sickle cell does not affect a person's health. In fact, people who carry sickle cell have increased immunity against malaria.

Answer 2

Sickle-cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). In many forms of the disease, the red blood cells change shape, usually looking much like that of a banana, upon deoxygenation because of polymerization of the abnormal sickle hemoglobin. This process damages the red blood cell membrane, and can cause the cells to become stuck in blood vessels. This deprives the downstream tissues of oxygen and causes ischemia and infarction. The disease is chronic and lifelong. Individuals are most often well, but their lives are punctuated by periodic painful attacks. In addition to periodic pain, there may be damage of internal organs, such as stroke. Lifespan is often shortened with sufferers living to an average of 40 years. Sickle-cell disease occurs more commonly in people (or their descendants) from parts of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is or was common. Sickle-cell disease can occur in any individual of any color or ethnicity, however.

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Answer 3

It will not impact her health, but if she has children with a man who is also a carrier, 1/4 of the children will have sickle cell trait, which can be complicated to deal with.

Answer 4

if she meets a sickle cell carrier like herself, there is a one in four chance of her child being a sufferer.

If she meets a sufferer, she will have a one in two chance of having a child who is also a sufferer.

If she meets someone without it (not a carrier or a sufferer) she will not (probably) have a child with it but may have carriers.

Answer 5

It means she carries a gene for sickle cell anemia, but not two (where she would have sickle cell anemia). If she ends up breeding with someone that also is a carrier, then her kids could have sickle cell anemia.

Answer 6

Brian M, Hmmmm. to respond to the surely question requested, Sickle cellular is a genetic disease affecting the pink blood cells of victims. i don't think of photos of oddly formed pink blood cells gained't inform you what you pick to understand. it really is a form of heamoglobin in the pink blood cells which even as placed lower than pressure (in the time of operations or annoying circumstances,ilness and so on:) substitute the kind of the cellular from a donut form structure to a scythe form structure, which prevents the cellular from wearing oxygen to the tissues and organs thereby causing discomfort and organ damage. The haemoglobin is called HbS and could be carried in both make sure, or contained in the further severe form(HbSS) both father and mother are vendors ensuing contained in the toddler having homozygous Sickle cellular . In Sickle cellular Trait(HbSC,or Thallasaemia) purely one make sure has the gene.So purely 0.5 of the genetic infomation is exceeded on. maximum develop as a lot as lead common lives, inspite of the worst case, remedies are advancing each day. in case you or your baby has been clinically determined the medical institution or physician must have given you a proof and counselling. wish it helps, reliable luck.

Answer 7

Her children have a 50% chance of having the illness. If she has a child by another carrier, they have 100% chance.