transfusion - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 How to manage sickle cell patients https://www.weinformers.com/2012/05/17/how-to-manage-sickle-cell-patients/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/05/17/how-to-manage-sickle-cell-patients/#respond Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:48 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=21914 Managing sickle cell patients in hospital involves giving the patient intravenous to help the C-cells that have clumped together to flow easily in the blood vessels. Increase of anemia, blood transfusion is done and the children are also regularly given anti-malarial drugs to prevent frequent attacks of malaria, since they are prone to infections. A […]

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Managing sickle cell patients in hospital involves giving the patient intravenous to help the C-cells that have clumped together to flow easily in the blood vessels. Increase of anemia, blood transfusion is done and the children are also regularly given anti-malarial drugs to prevent frequent attacks of malaria, since they are prone to infections.

A balanced diet should be given to sickle cell patients that is regular intake of folic acid tablets, leafy greens and vegetables, liver, salads, juice, multivitamins and oral rehydration salt fluid.

De-worming should be done after three months and the children under five years should get pneumococcal vaccine to prevent infections. The children should also avoid stressful factors like cold whether, carrying heavy things, and conducting too much exercise.

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Is blood transfusion safe? https://www.weinformers.com/2012/05/11/is-blood-transfusion-safe/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/05/11/is-blood-transfusion-safe/#respond Fri, 11 May 2012 14:22:05 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=21829   Millions of people around the world but especially in poor countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia are fond of asking traditional questions: is blood transfusion safe? Can one get HIV/AIDS through blood donation? In east Africa where the head offices of our media house are located, people still ask the same questions. It […]

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Millions of people around the world but especially in poor countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia are fond of asking traditional questions: is blood transfusion safe? Can one get HIV/AIDS through blood donation? In east Africa where the head offices of our media house are located, people still ask the same questions.
It looks people are eagerly in need of finding answers to these questions. It is a simple procedure in which blood is given to someone to make up for a loss of blood.
Millions of hospitals around the globe use the blood got from people to help people who are injured, have surgery or being treated for diseases that affect the blood.
Transfusions are usually given through a tiny tube that is inserted into a vein with a small needle. Each year in Uganda about 1800,000 units of blood is needed. Many people in the world worry about getting diseases from infected blood. But today we tell you that blood for transfusion is safe according to doctors in US, German, and England.
Doctors carefully test all donated blood to make sure that it is safe. So if the blood has HIV, Hepatitis B, C, syphilis, West Nile virus, or other infections, it is destroyed.
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Risks and treatment of leukemia https://www.weinformers.com/2012/03/09/risks-and-treatment-of-leukemia/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/03/09/risks-and-treatment-of-leukemia/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:40:35 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=19811 James Kafeero, an oncologist at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago Hospital (Uganda) says that risk factors that lead people to contract leukemia are as follows. Having relatives or being in company of people who have or have had leukemia, people with underlying genetic disorders such as downs’ syndrome, previous exposure to ionizing radiations like […]

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James Kafeero, an oncologist at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago Hospital (Uganda) says that risk factors that lead people to contract leukemia are as follows. Having relatives or being in company of people who have or have had leukemia, people with underlying genetic disorders such as downs’ syndrome, previous exposure to ionizing radiations like X-rays and an atomic/nuclear reaction exposure expose one to leukemia.

Kafeero says that other risk factors that may lead to leukemia are previous exposure to chemotherapy regimens, insecticides and herbicides containing benzene compounds.

He says that the control strategy of leukemia is early diagnosis and treatment because most leukemia cases are curable. The treatment of leukemia varies from supportive treatment to chemotherapy and surgery according to Dr. Kafeero. But the best treatment recommended is supportive treatment, for instance blood transfusion, good nutrition and treatment of infections.

Leukemia drugs are given (chemotherapy) to patients with leukemia in different phases in order to prevent recurrence of the disease. The treatment of leukemia lasts for about three months. When it comes to surgery, it involves doing a bone marrow transplant. The treatment of leukemia is quiet expensive.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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