Sickle cell Anemia
The genetic mutation responsible for sickle cell anemia
What is A mutation in the HBB gene?
A common type of neural tube defect
What is Spina bifida
This type of therapy helps children with cerebral palsy improve movement, strength, and coordination.
What is physical therapy?
This condition in newborns is caused by elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood and can lead to jaundice and, if untreated, kernicterus.
What is Hyperbilirubinemia
Hemophilia is caused by a deficiency in proteins that help with this bodily process.
What is blood clotting?
The shape of red blood cells take in sickle cell anemia
What is crescent or sickle shape
Vitamin that helps to prevent neural tube defects
Folic acid.
Children with cerebral palsy may have difficulty with this motor skill, which involves coordination and balance while walking.
What is gait?
This yellowing of the skin and eyes in newborns is caused by elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood.
What is jaundice?
This type of hemophilia is caused by a deficiency in clotting factor VIII.
What is Hemophilia A?
The common symptom of sickle cell anemia
What is pain episodes or crises.
The neural tube typically close during when in pregnancy
What is by the 3rd to 4th week of gestation.
This is the most common type of cerebral palsy, characterized by stiff muscles and awkward movements.
What is spastic cerebral palsy?
This condition, caused by blood group incompatibility, can lead to increased bilirubin levels in newborns.
What is hemolytic disease?
A common symptom of hemophilia is this type of bleeding that occurs inside joints, causing pain and swelling.
What is internal joint bleeding?
Organ commonly affected by sickle cell anemia
What is the the spleen.
This form of spina bifida is the most severe, where the spinal cord and nerves protrude through an opening in the spine.
What is myelomeningocele?
This condition, often caused by brain damage before or during birth, affects muscle tone, movement, and motor skills.
What is cerebral palsy?
This therapy uses light to help break down bilirubin in the skin of newborns.
What is phototherapy?
This therapy involves regular infusions of clotting factor concentrates to prevent bleeding episodes.
What is prophylactic factor replacement therapy?
Common treatment for sickle cell anemia
What is Hydration, pain management, or blood transfusion?
How can neural tube defects be detected
Prenatal screening and ultrasound.
Cerebral palsy is most commonly caused by damage to this organ before, during, or shortly after birth.
Question:
What is the brain?
This test detects antibodies that may cause immune-mediated hemolysis, and is commonly used in evaluating newborns with jaundice or patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
What is the Coombs test?
Hemophilia is inherited in this pattern, meaning it mostly affects males while females are carriers.
What is X-linked recessive inheritance?