A patient complains of fever, swelling of hands and feet and yellow sclera. The patient is diagnosed with sickle cell disease. The extent of tissue damage found in patient's with sickle disease results from which of the following?
Explanation
•In sickle cell anemia, RBCs become characteristically elongated and
•When RBCs sickle, they do not move freely through vessels. Stasis and further sickling
•The actual anemia is caused by hemolysis, not deoxygenated blood cells.
•Incorrect: Sickle cell anemia is not related to bilirubin levels.
•Incorrect: Sickle cell anemia is not an autoimmune disease.
•Incorrect: Tissue damage is not a result of elevated bilirubin.