{"id":7664,"date":"2023-10-04T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:57:13","slug":"what-is-sickle-cell-disease-with-medic-chief-medical-officer-dr-tom-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/es\/what-is-sickle-cell-disease-with-medic-chief-medical-officer-dr-tom-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la anemia falciforme? Con el Dr. Tom Watkins, director m\u00e9dico de MEDIC."},"content":{"rendered":"

En el Centro Regional de Sangre MEDIC, recolectamos sangre para los hospitales locales del este de Tennessee. A menudo, hay pacientes en estos hospitales que tienen necesidades especiales de transfusi\u00f3n o necesitan \u201csangre rara\u201d. Uno de estos grupos son los pacientes con anemia falciforme (SCD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la anemia falciforme?<\/strong> Es un trastorno sangu\u00edneo gen\u00e9tico que afecta a los gl\u00f3bulos rojos (GR) del organismo. En las personas con anemia falciforme, los gl\u00f3bulos rojos tienen una forma an\u00f3mala y pueden volverse r\u00edgidos y pegajosos, lo que provoca complicaciones como crisis de dolor, anemia y da\u00f1o org\u00e1nico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo ayuda un centro de donaci\u00f3n de sangre a las personas afectadas por la anemia falciforme?<\/strong> Muchos pacientes con anemia falciforme y sus familias abogan por una mayor concienciaci\u00f3n sobre la enfermedad y la necesidad de donaciones de sangre de donantes compatibles. Las personas con anemia falciforme suelen necesitar transfusiones de sangre como parte de su tratamiento. Estas transfusiones ayudan a reemplazar los gl\u00f3bulos rojos da\u00f1ados o con forma de hoz por otros sanos. La sangre utilizada para la terapia de transfusi\u00f3n suele proceder de donantes que no padecen anemia falciforme ni otros trastornos sangu\u00edneos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es importante que las personas que re\u00fanen los requisitos para donar sangre lo hagan, a fin de ayudar a mantener un suministro adecuado para los pacientes con anemia falciforme y otras afecciones m\u00e9dicas que requieren transfusiones. Existen diferencias \u00e9tnicas entre los grupos de donantes de sangre, lo que puede dificultar la b\u00fasqueda de sangre compatible para los pacientes con anemia falciforme que reciben transfusiones frecuentes. A menudo, la mayor parte de la sangre del banco de sangre procede de donantes de una etnia diferente a la de los pacientes con anemia falciforme. Cuantas m\u00e1s etnias diferentes consigamos que donen, m\u00e1s probabilidades tendremos de encontrar sangre compatible para estos pacientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 deben saber sobre la donaci\u00f3n de sangre los posibles donantes que puedan tener el rasgo de c\u00e9lulas falciformes?<\/strong> Hay varias consideraciones importantes. Las personas con anemia falciforme generalmente no son aptas para donar sangre. Esto se debe a que la sangre que donan puede no ser apta para transfusiones debido a la forma y caracter\u00edsticas anormales de sus gl\u00f3bulos rojos. La sangre de las personas con anemia falciforme puede no transportar ox\u00edgeno de manera eficiente y podr\u00eda causar complicaciones en los receptores. En otro caso, algunas personas son portadoras del rasgo de c\u00e9lulas falciformes, lo que significa que tienen un gen de hemoglobina normal (HbA) y un gen mutado (HbS) para la hemoglobina falciforme. Estas personas no suelen presentar los s\u00edntomas de la anemia falciforme, pero pueden transmitir el rasgo a sus hijos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En la mayor\u00eda de los casos, las personas con rasgo de c\u00e9lulas falciformes pueden donar sangre, ya que sus gl\u00f3bulos rojos suelen ser normales. En ocasiones, al procesar la sangre de estas personas, es posible que no pase por un filtro (denominado filtro de leucorreducci\u00f3n) que utilizamos para reducir el n\u00famero de leucocitos (gl\u00f3bulos blancos) en el producto de gl\u00f3bulos rojos. En ocasiones, debemos rechazar a estos donantes si su sangre no se puede filtrar.<\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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