Sickle Cell Crisis Treatment
Sickle cell crisis starts out in childhood and is a life-long blood disorder. It is a complicated disorder that causes other complications, including vaso-occlusive crisis and other life-threatening diseases. Consider yourself lucky if the doctor didn’t diagnose you with sickle cell crisis at birth.
There is still hope for people with the disease. Sickle cell crisis treatments are now available. Some of the treatments are continuous, and the rate of success is dependent on age, but even so, it’s better than nothing.
Here are some examples of sickle cell crisis treatments.
• Cyanate. Dietary cyanate is used as treatment for sickle cell anemia. Thing is it has to be administered to the sickle cell disease patient for a lifetime since the cyanate also needs to affect new sickle-shaped red blood cells in the blood.
• Hydroxyurea. Hyroxyurea is the first approved medicine for the causative treatment of the sickle cell disease. Some are concerned that long term use might be harmful, but studies show the risks are very small and nothing to be worried about.
• Bone marrow transplant. This procedure is proven effective in children.
Other future treatments include gene therapy, Senicopac, and the use of phytochemicals like nicosan. Only time will tell.