Sickle Cell Diseases
Öz
Sickle cell diseases (SCDs) are chronic destructive process on endothelium particularly at the capillary level. The chronic catastrophic process initiates at birth, and terminates with accelerated endotelial damage induced multiorgan failures in early years of life. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leg ulcers, digital clubbing, priapism, coronary heart disease, chronic renal disease, peripheric artery disease, cirrhosis, and stroke are just some of the terminal end points of the diseases. Red blood cell transfusions should be the treatment of choice nearly in all acute events and emergencies of the diseases to prevent disseminated tissue hypoxia all over the body. In long term treatment, an oral hydroxyurea is cheap, safe, and effective drug, not to prevent but to delay the end points of the diseases.
Key Words: Sickle cell diseases, chronic endothelial inflammation
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Mehmet Helvaci
Bu kişi benim
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Temmuz 2015
Gönderilme Tarihi
25 Temmuz 2015
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2015 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 22