Sickle Cell Trait In Pregnant Women in Sudan

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.