Trusted Resources: Evidence & Education
Scientific literature and patient education texts
5 Steps to Safer Blood Transfusions if You Have Sickle Cell Disease
source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
year: 2021
summary/abstract:If you have sickle cell disease (SCD), you may need one or more blood transfusions (healthy blood from a donor put into your body) during your lifetime. During a blood transfusion, your blood and the donated blood must have matching antigens, or special proteins on the surface of each red blood cell.
If the antigens in your blood and the donated blood do not match, your immune system (your body’s ability to fight germs) may attack the new blood. This transfusion reaction can cause serious health problems. Below are steps you can take for safer blood transfusions.
read more
Related Content
-
Iris Buchanan-Perry, MD, MSc, FAAPDr. Buchanan serves as a Clinical Instru...
-
Hospital Playroom Transformed Into Romantic Restaurant For Parents Of Kids With Bone Marrow TransplantsIt was Valentine’s Day with a lot of h...
-
Warrior University: Curative Therapies SeriesWarrior University is an online, curricu...
-
Sickle Cell Center of Southern LouisianaThe Tulane University Sickle Cell Center...
-
Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell DiseaseAcute chest syndrome (ACS) is a frequent...
-
Home Oxygen Therapy for Children: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice GuidelineBackground: Home oxygen therapy is ofte...
-
Patricia Kavanagh, MDPatricia Kavanagh, MD, is an Assistant P...
To improve your experience on this site, we use cookies. This includes cookies essential for the basic functioning of our website, cookies for analytics purposes, and cookies enabling us to personalize site content. By clicking on 'Accept' or any content on this site, you agree that cookies can be placed. You may adjust your browser's cookie settings to suit your preferences. More Information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.