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Shuklaphanta municipality has given high priority for sickle cell anemia-thalassemia identification and diagnosis. Meanwhile, a free blood test has been organized in Shuklaphanta-11 Kaluwapur.
Free blood test In the health camp, 116 women and 64 men have been tested in the camp. 14 of them have been found to be carriers of sickle cell.
Parmanand Bhatta, head of the municipality's health branch, said that the blood of those who showed signs of sickle cell anemia would be confirmed after re-testing in the laboratory. According to him, there are nine women and five men among those who have been treated.
'Six-year-old child to 65-year-old woman has been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia', he said, 'Before that, there was no screening test for sickle cell anemia among those people and their families.' Camp participants have been advised to get married just by looking at the sickle cell anemia horoscope. Earlier, in six wards of the municipality, sickle cell trait was found in 126 people in camps organized separately for identifying sickle cell anemia.
According to Bhatt, head of the health branch, sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder in which the structure of the red blood cells found in the blood is abnormal. Normally, these cells are round and flexible, but in sickle cell anemia, these cells are crescent-shaped and hard.
Crescent-shaped abnormal cells get stuck in blood vessels and block blood flow to the patient Pain has been observed. "Crescent-shaped blood cells are destroyed in a short time, causing anemia (fatigue, weakness) to the patient," he said. Sickle cell trait refers to the symptoms of sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell trait is not a disease in itself, but it can be diagnosed through a blood test. Sickle cell anemia is more common especially in the Tharu community. Sickle cell disease treatment services are available at Mahakali Regional Hospital Mahendranagar.
