Sickle Cell
Where does pain first start in a baby with sickle cell disease
Hands and feet
A condition in which you lack enough healthy RBCs to carry adequate oxygen to your body's tissues
Anemia
Name the virus the causes AIDS.
What is HIV
This population is most at risk for sickle cell anemia.
What are African Americans
What medications do patients with HIV take to control and suppress HIV replication?
What is ART (Antiretroviral Therapy)
Symptoms can include difficulty breathing, fever, cough, and chest pain. It is often caused by an infection and treated with antibiotics.
Acute chest syndrome
This type of anemia is due to inadequate dietary intake. The two most common symptoms are pallor and glossitis (inflammation of the tongue)
Why do patients with HIV need to take their ART medication on a strict schedule and never miss a dose?
What is to prevent drug resistance
The sickle cell client should avoid these three things.
What are high altitudes, extreme temperatures (cold), and dehydration
A rare and life-threatening disorder, which can be satisfactorily treated in about 90% of cases
Aplastic Anemia
What are the two laboratory tests used to monitor HIV progression?
What are the CD4 cell count and viral load
What is the most common, severe, painful episode and is considered the clinical hallmark of Sickle cell disease?
Vaso-occlusive crisis
In pernicious anemia, this factor is_____(missing), resulting in this___ (vitamin) to not be absorbed.
intrinsic factor and vitamin B12
Common infection seen in a patient with HIV?
What is oropharyngeal candidiasis (thrush)