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Normal Red Blood Cells live_________ days?
Sickle Cells live ____________ days?
120
10-20
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Precipitating factors for sickle cell crisis:
- Conditions that increase the body's need for oxygen
- Conditions that alter the transport of oxygen in the body
- Conditions that increase blood viscosity
- (hypoxia, dehydration, cold, trauma, infection, illness, stress)
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Most common type of sickle cell crises' Clumping of which lead to pain, ischemia and infarctions of organs
Vaso-occlusive (thrombotic)
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Abnormal, uncontrolled electrical discharge of neurons in the brain that interrupts normal function
Seizure
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Acondition in which a person has spontaneously recurring seizures caused by an underlying chronic condition
Epilepsy
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