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Currently there is no cure for sickle cell anemia. However, the condition is manageable through medication, self monitoring and blood transfusions.
Because sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease, the only way to cure it is to fix the genetic template of the hematopoietic cells. This can be done either by completing sterilizing the bone marrow and repopulating it with healthy red blood cell precursors or by using gene therapy to introduce a healthy gene into the precursor cells.
This answer depends on your definition of cured.
If cured means that you can no longer pass the genetics on to your offspring, the answer is that the condition is genetic and thus without reprogramming the DNA itself, there is no cure.
If cured means that an individual starts producing the missing protein and thus no longer has bleeding issues, then hemophilia can be cured. It is just too risky to do for all cases. If an individual with hemophilia has a liver transplant, the will produce normal levels of the clotting proteins needed to clot. This is because the new liver would have the correct genetics and the liver is responsible for producing much of the clotting factor proteins.
No, there is no cure. Patients with sickle cell disease need continuous treatment, even when they are not having a painful crisis. Supplementation with folic acid , an essential element in producing red blood cells, is required because of the rapid red blood cell turnover. Under a microscope many of the RBCs will appear like a C.
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50%
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Can anyone be a candidate for the hemophilia a
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What Woman with hemophilia and a man without hemophilia are expecting a baby boy. What are the chances that their son will also have hemophilia?
50%
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If the mother is a carrier for hemophilia, there is a 50% chance that her sons will inherit the hemophilia gene, but only if the father does not have hemophilia. This is because sons inherit the X chromosome that carries the hemophilia gene from their mother. If the father does not have hemophilia, the son will not inherit a healthy X chromosome from him to compensate for the defective X chromosome from the mother.
If your child has hemophilia what can they not do?
They CAN do anything. They should avoid contact sports, but there are exceptions. As an example, some hemophiliacs can play soccer but some cant due to ankle problems.
