Sunday, August 3, 2014

The Different Sickle Cell Disease Prevention Measures

By Annabelle Holman


In the world today sickle cell ailment is an inherited defect of blood which normally causes so many premature deaths. This is because; they cause pain and damage. Moreover, people have known it for quite some decades now. This knowledge has helped so many families that usually have the defect in their genes. For this reason; these particular families avoid giving birth to the babies that are affected. These families would mostly seek help from reading materials that deal with sickle cell disease prevention.

The ailment is quite complicated due to its characteristics, it is inheritable. This represents that the defect is transferred from generation to generation. The scientist term this method as autosomal recessive patterns, this means that the genes in both parties have mutations. In biological studies the parents of a kid carry one copy each of the mutated gene, however they do not typically show any signs and symptoms of this defect.

Research has shown that the disorders came into being as a result of gene mutation. Many countries of the sub-Saharan community are normally having these disorders and this has discouraged many people in the world. The world health organization with the help of DNC departments are uniting hand in help of the African community. The WHO is aimed at detecting the defects early in order to take the required preventive measures.

The world health organization is involved in primary prevention, chemoprophylaxis, vaccines, reducing morbidity among others in order to improve the quality of life of victims. Research has further shown that the disorder concentrates more on the hemoglobin in red blood cells. The effects drag the life of a person and is portrayed in his education, the output in work and the physical development.

Reducing mobility is another preventive mechanism. You find that the patients will not just solely depend on the NGOs in the provision of the drugs and the right medication, everyone requires to rise up and challenge the infection. If people stand in one accord and provide the right requirements for the kids, there is need to give the best results to the world.

Many nongovernmental organization are taking an overall step in ensuring that the ailment does not pass a certain point in the culture of human. The different areas that are crucial and need maximum attention is the early detections and surveillance of this ailment. To make sure that only the right results are taken, there needs to be the right experts and professionals in this.

The management need to also use methods that are affordable and simple at the various levels of managing the defects. This is better than having a parallel programme that may be too complicated and expensive for the patients to afford. Constant research programmes should be put in place to come up with the evidence in making of policies for the daily operation of the programme.

In conclusion, the methods used should be affordable. This means that every person should be able to get these services. Many people will spread the information through public educations, posters and through the media. Each precaution taken helps save a life.




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