Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Sickle cell anemia--Treatment;
Abstract
Sickle cell disease can lead to serious complications, such as stroke, acute chest syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, organ damage, blindness, skin ulcers, gallstones and priapism. Additionally, patients with sickle cell disease usually have several pain crises during the year, which means they have to be admitted to the hospital a couple days or weeks in order to treat these crises by pain relievers through IV line or veins. This necessitates quite often that the patient would be absent from their jobs or schools. Frequent absences may cause people with sickle cell disease to experience stress which in turn leads to a higher incidence of pain crises. Therefore, people with sickle cell disease should have awareness about possible supplements that can decrease the numbers of pain crises during the year, so they can live their lives like their peers with less pain and complications. The purpose of this study is to review the options for pain relief available for people with sickle cell disease. Specifically, this paper will review and summarize the literature related to the relationship between both nutrition supplements and phytomedicine and their potential to alter the number and severity of crises events that occur in a year.
Year of Submission
2015
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
Department
Division of Health Promotion and Education
First Advisor
Alison Beharka, Chair
Second Advisor
Michele Devlin
Date Original
2015
Object Description
1 PDF file (73 pages)
Copyright
©2015 Huda Alsultan
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Alsultan, Huda, "Alternative therapy for sickle cell disease" (2015). Graduate Research Papers. 67.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/67
Comments
Note
Per an email message from the University of Maryland Medical System, the URL links in the following references on Page 72 are no longer active and the material cited is no longer available through the UMM website:
· University of Maryland Medical Center (2013, June 27). Sickle cell disease | University of Maryland Medical Center. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://umm.edu/health/medical/ reports/articles/sickle-cell-disease
· University of Maryland Medical Center (2013, May 7). Herbal medicine. Retrieved February 18, 2014, from https://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/treatment/herbalmedicine
· University of Maryland Medical center (2014, May 7). Magnesium | University of Maryland Medical Center. Retrieved April 21, 2014, from http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/ magnesium
- Rod Library Digital Scholarship Unit, May 6, 2021