Case Study 2-slide 6

Sickle cell disease can lead to various complications. These include acute chest syndrome, characterized by chest pain, coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, and increased heart rate. Anemia and irritability are also common. Other complications include avascular necrosis, which causes death of bone tissue and mainly affects the hips, as well as blood clots and deep venous thrombosis. Another complication is foot syndrome, which can cause fever, infection, flu-like symptoms, meningitis, and pneumonia. Possible complications of sickle cell disease. Acute chest syndrome, chest pain, coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, anemia, increased heart rate, irritability, difficulty breathing, paler and jaundice, avascular necrosis, death of bone tissue, affects single joints, most commonly the hips, blood clots, and deep venous thrombosis. And foot syndrome, fever, infection, flume, meningitis, pneumonia.