what is sickle cell trait?

Answer 1

It means that you are a carrier of the disease. If two people with the trait have a kid thay can pass Sickle Cell Disease down to them

Answer 2

Sickle cell disease is recessive, which means that if you have normal copies of the hemoglobin beta chain gene, you will not have the disease. However, it is possible (since you have two genes) to have one sickle gene and one normal gene, these people do not have symptoms, but do have the sickle cell trait and can pass the disease along to their children.

Answer 3

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, splenic infarction with altitude hypoxia or exercise, and life-threatening complications of exercise, exertional heat illness (exertional rhabdomyolysis, heat stroke, or renal failure) or idiopathic sudden death (1-4). Pathologic processes that cause hypoxia, acidosis, dehydration, hyperosmolality, hypothermia, or elevated erythrocyte 2,3-DPG can transform silent sickle cell trait into a syndrome resembling sickle cell disease with vaso-occlusion due to rigid erythrocytes. Compound heterozygous sickle cell disease can be mistaken as uncomplicated sickle cell trait, particularly when an unusual globin variant is involved.

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Answer 4

sickle cell is a blood disorder - where the red blood cells are a sickle shape, rather than a circular shape... which means that they are unable to function as efficiently as regular red blood cells do. 'sickle cell trait' means that u carry the genetic information in your genes for this problem.

Answer 5

disease which make the doughnut shaped RBC sickle shaped, this makes the cells prone to clotting and a less efficient carrier of oxygen.
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Answer 6

No way an expert but have found this link for you:

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=337§ionId=29782

Hope helps!