Abstract:
Sickle cell anaemia is very common in western tribes in
Sudan. It is prevellent due to intermarriage and lack of medical
education. The study is justified to know the degree of this
problem and to look for solving this problem. Our study
designed to look for the family histories included 71 pregnant
woman in Khartoum state, 50 of them were (heterozygous)
while 20 are normal (AA) and only one ( SS ) ( homozygous )
not included in the tables , most of them were from Baggara
tribe , Massalit , Fallata , Housa , Barria and Habbania . 44% of
(AS) pregnant ladies are anaemic while the 56% were not
anaemic. The two groups frequently suffering from abortion and
they are very fertile (more than 9 babies).
The anaemia in Hb AS is also affected during pregnancy
with other factors like increase demand of iron, quality of food,
malnutrition, economic situation & social life. The only one
homozygous sickle cell disease had lost her baby due to
complication of sickle cell anaemia with pregnancy.
The subject based on doing sickling test and haemoglobin
electrophoresis.
This study was designed haematological , biochemical
changes and the effect of clinical presentation . The data
findings showed 8 tables.
