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Silent Suffering :: September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month http://www.sicklecellart.com/ Silent Suffering :: Nazaire :: Sickle Cell Awareness Art Sickle Cell Series by Artist / Painter Nazaire who also has Sickle Cell Anemia. This video is a moment of SILENCE for our loved ones who have come before us in this struggle. Health Education :: :: What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a serious condition in which the red blood cells can become sickle-shaped (that is, shaped like a "C"). Normal red blood cells are smooth and round like a doughnut without a hole. They move easily through blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. Sickle-shaped cells don't move easily through blood. They're stiff and sticky and tend to form clumps and get stuck in blood vessels. The clumps of sickle cells block blood flow in the blood vessels that lead to the limbs and organs. Blocked blood vessels can cause pain, serious infections, and organ damage. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited, lifelong condition. People who have sickle cell anemia are born with it. They inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. People who inherit a sickle cell gene from one parent and a normal gene from the other parent have a condition called sickle cell trait. Sickle cell trait is different from sickle cell anemia. People with sickle cell trait don't have the condition, but they have one of the genes that cause the condition. Like people with sickle cell anemia, people with sickle cell trait can pass the gene on when they have children. :: What is Anemia? Anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is a condition in which a person's blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells, or the red blood cells don't have enough hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin). Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that gives blood its red color and carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Red blood cells are made in the spongy marrow inside the large bones of the body. Bone marrow constantly makes new red blood cells to replace old ones. Normal red blood cells last about 120 days in the bloodstream and then die. Their main role is to carry oxygen, but they also remove carbon dioxide (a waste product) from cells and carry it to the lungs to be exhaled. In sickle cell anemia, a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells occurs because sickle cells don't last very long. Sickle cells die faster than normal red blood cells, usually after only about 10 to 20 days. The bone marrow can't make new red blood cells fast enough to replace the dying ones. The result is anemia. Source :: NHLBI - NIH http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_WhatIs.html Be sure to ask your doctor for more info Please take Note: Do not use the word Sickler. Stay Positive, don't allow ignorance to keep you down at an even lower level than your pain has kept you for so long. To overcome major difficulties you must be empowered do so. Words like Sickler does not define who you are... Demand that they change the language and allow you, your dignity... For in spite of your pain you are a human being worthy of esteem and respect due to any other. My body is not free of these chains and cycles of Pain but I can fight to free my mind. Nazaire's favorite links: September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month Support your local SCDAA member organization Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/ Global Sickle Cell Forum http://www.sicklecellforum.org/ The Sickle Cell Information Center http://www.scinfo.org/ Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Southern Connecticut, Inc. http://www.scdaaofsouthernct.org/ This is a Global Issue so please search for info in your part of the world. Please Share this Silent Video Thank You Hello to my online friends in Haiti Brazil Ghana Japan Nigeria Australia South Africa Canada Puerto Rico India China Mexico Spain France Italy United Kingdom Jamaica and many many other places that have helped me share this Silent Video with out global community. Thank You Tags: Sickle Cell Pain Awareness Nazaire Silent Suffering painful paintings stigma tlc t-boz mobb deep 2pac brazil haiti ghana |
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Sickle Cell Anemia Dr Guarini www.DrMDK.com Tags: Sickle Cell Anemia Dr Gaurini DrMDK |
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Sickle Cell Anemia discussion Triad Today Tags: Triad Today |
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Pretty Things-January 13 1971-Sickle Clowns Pretty Things-January 13 1971-Taverne de l'Olympia-Paris Phil May-vocals, Jon Povey-piano-bass-vocals, Pete Tolson-guitar, Walley Allen-bass-guitar-vocals, Skip Alan-drums. From the Parachute LP. Tags: Pretty Things Midnight Six Cries Parachute pop 2 |
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Emily is Stabbed with the Sickle!!!!! Clip Courtesy of:Bekah~Carly Is Unique~Thinking that Emily is Faith, Carly goes after her with a sickle, but Emily takes the sickle away from Carly and falls on it Tags: Carly Corinthos Emily Quartermaine General Hospital Jennifer Bransford Natalia Livingston Faith Rosco |
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Evolution of sickle cell malaria http://www.myspace.com/acorvettes A gene known as HbS was the center of a medical and evolutionary detective story that began in the middle 1940s in Africa. Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year. What was puzzling was why sickle cell anemia was so prevalent in some African populations. How could a "bad" gene -- the mutation that causes the sometimes lethal sickle cell disease -- also be beneficial? On the other hand, if it didn't provide some survival advantage, why had the sickle gene persisted in such a high frequency in the populations that had it? Tags: Evolution creationism ID sickle cell malaria kent hovind ken ham |
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Oklahoma Woman Talks About Sickle Cell Anemia About 80,000 Americans have Sickle Cell Anemia, and Eyewitness News 5's Maggie Carlo talks with one local woman who isn't letting the disease slow her down. Tags: KOCO Oklahoma City sickle cell anemia disease Maggie Carlo |
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Garageband練習#041>ソウルイーター『Pretty sickle craftsman』 Garagebandの練習41曲目です。今回は引き続き『ソウルイーター』ご出演の「マカ= アルバーン」ちゃんに捧げます。ビブラフォン、マリンバ、とハープシコードの競演です。......ところで、「ぽんぽこダンス」ってどんな曲なんでしょうね〜? Tags: 音楽 Garageband ソウルイーター マカ Mac KuroHQ |
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Sickle cell patients make rap DVD and Dishes for Wishes St. Jude Children's Research Hospital sickle cell patients Matthew Daniel and George Mathis recorded a rap video called, "I Was Born with It," with recording artist Sheba Potts-Wright. Watch the video. Dishes for Wishes is tonight at Felicia Suzanne's and tickets are $150. All of the proceeds benifit the Make-A-Wish foundation. Tags: appeal tv memphis st. jude children's research hospital matthew daniel george mathis make wish dishes for wishes |
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Sickle Cell Anemia -- Hope from Gene Therapy This inherited red blood cell disorder is the most common genetic disease in America, and one of the most painful and debilitating. Until now, bone marrow and cord blood transplants have been the only treatment available to patients, and matched donors are hard to find. But an experiment at Genetix in Cambridge, Massachusetts is raising hopes. By treating the bone marrow of mice with anti-sickling gene therapy, scientists saw great improvement in normal red blood production. All 50 Secrets of the Sequence videos have an accompanying classroom-tested lesson that encourages students to further explore the video topics. Each lesson includes background information, state and national science standards, discussion questions and answers, teacher notes and an activity that will ensure a hands-on, "minds-on" experience. To see lessons for this series, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/secretsofthesequence/. Tags: vcu virginia commonwealth university richmond rams blood gene dna science health cells sickle genetics |