Understanding sickle cell disease / Miriam Bloom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloom, Miriam.

Series:

Understanding health and sickness series.

Understanding health and sickness series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sickle cell anemia--Popular works.

Sickle cell anemia.

Blood--Diseases.

Blood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1995.

Summary:

Until recently not at all well understood, sickle cell disease afflicts a very specific portion of the population, namely persons of African descent and, to a lesser degree, those from the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean area (some in the affected groups carry the disease without suffering from it themselves). Bloom discusses what the disease is, how it is transmitted, why it strikes whom it does, and the relationship between the sickle cell gene's geographic origins and how it has been spread throughout history. Addressing more personal matters, she considers emotional aspects of th

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Sickle Cell Disease and How It Is Inherited; 2. Who Has Sickle Cell Disease and Why?; 3. Inside the Red Blood Cell; 4. Possible Effects of Sickle Cell Disease; 5. How to Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease; 6. Planning a Family; 7. Searching for a Cure; Appendix; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

"For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African ancestry".

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index.

ISBN:

9781604737578

1604737573

OCLC:

609863397