Sickle cell trait and diabetic retinopathy.

Sickle cell trait and diabetic retinopathy.

The presence of sickle cell trait and the prevalence and severity of retinopathy were assessed in 124 Negro diabetics. Sickle cell trait had no adverse effect on diabetic retinopathy.

Proliferative sickle cell retinopathy associated with sickle cell trait and gestational diabetes: case report.

Proliferative sickle cell retinopathy is an uncommon complication in individuals with sickle cell trait (AS). However, the risk for proliferative retinopathy development is increased in patients with AS hemoglobinopathy associated with systemic conditions or ocular trauma. A case of a patient with AS hemoglobinopathy who developed proliferative sickle cell retinopathy after the occurrence of ge...

Sickle cell trait.

Sickle cell trait can pose a grave risk for some athletes. In the past few years, exertional sickling has killed nine athletes, including five college football players in training. Exercise-physiology research shows how and why sickle red cells can accumulate in the bloodstream during intense exercise bouts. Sickle cells can "logjam" blood vessels and lead to collapse from ischemic rhabdomyolys...

Sickle cell trait and frostbite.

Schisis in Sickle Cell Retinopathy

collagen fibrils, extracellular empty spaces(likelyclefts formedfromlipid removalduringprocessing), andpersistentlyactivatedkeratocytesaresimilar to these animal findings. The extracellular lipid collections, which likelycorrespondtothecrystallinedeposits seen clinically, probably arise fromchronicmechanical irritation to keratocytes that continually strive to heal the stromal wound. The breaks...