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Quatre cents enfants naissent chaque année en France avec la drépanocytose, la plus fréquente des maladies génétiques dans notre pays. Vingt mille patients doivent vivre au quotidien avec cette maladie, qui ne se voit pas en dehors de crises douloureuses extrêmement violentes liées au blocage des globules rouges anormaux dans les vaisseaux sanguins. Elle peut toucher tous les organes et laisser de graves séquelles fonctionnelles. Encore ignorée du grand public, elle est également méconnue de beaucoup de soignants. Ce livre est basé sur des entretiens tenus avec vingt-neuf patients vivant en Ile-de-France. Dans ces " histoires de vie " souvent poignantes, chacun dit son parcours professionnel, sa stratégie pour concilier travail et problèmes de santé. Il s'interroge : doit-il se considérer comme normal ou handicapé, ou comme les deux à la fois ? Derrière une normalité apparente, il se sait atteint d'une maladie imprévisible, qui peut à tout moment se révéler grave, rendant son présent incertain. L'idée de la mort est permanente, au hasard d'une crise. Comment envisager une famille, la possible transmission de la maladie aux enfants ? Comment apprendre à vivre malgré l'emprise de la drépanocytose ?
Sickle cell anemia in children --- Sickle cell anemia --- Anemia
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Sickle cell anemia --- Sickle cell anemia --- Complications. --- Treatment.
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic illness and one of the world’s most common genetic conditions, with 400,000 children born annually with the disorder, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Brazil, the Middle East and in diasporic African populations in North America and Europe. Biomedical treatments for SCD are increasingly available to the world’s affluent populations, while such medical care is available only in attenuated forms in Africa, India and to socio-economically disadvantaged groups in North America and Europe.Often a condition rendered invisible in policy terms because of its problematic association with politically marginalized groups, the social study of sickle cell has been neglected. This illuminating volume explores the challenges and possibilities for developing a social view of sickle cell, and for improving the quality of lives of those living with SCD. Tackling the controversial role of screening and genetics in SCD, the book offers a brief thematic history of approaches to the condition, queries the role of ethnicity and includes a discussion of how the social model of disability can be applied, as well as featuring chapters focusing on athletics, prisons and schools.Bringing together a wide range of original research conducted in the USA, the UK, Ghana and Nigeria, Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences is anchored in the discipline of sociology, but draws upon a diverse range of fields, including public health, anthropology, social policy and disability studies.
Sickle cell anemia --- Sickle cell anemia --- Sickle cell anemia --- Sickle cell anemia --- Treatment --- Social aspects --- Genetic aspects --- Epidemiology
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Sickle cell anemia --- Patients --- Care.
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Proudly open access, the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease (JSCD) is committed to upholding rigorous scientific standards while ensuring researchers, clinicians, patients, and the public have unobstructed access to the latest discoveries. We eagerly invite contributions from all corners of the globe, united in our ambition to enhance the lives of all those affected by sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell anemia --- Diseases --- Treatment.
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Sickle cell anemia --- Patients --- Care.
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