When a machine is used to remove your red blood cells and replace them with donated red blood cells.
Damage to the eye. It can happen when sickled cells block the blood vessels in the eye.
When a special catheter (or tube) is placed into the right side of the heart to measure the pressure inside your heart and lungs. It is used to diagnose pulmonary hypertension.
The presence of bacteria in the blood, usually the result of an infection.
When donated blood is given through a vein to increase your hemoglobin.
A machine is used to measure how much and how quickly you can move air through your lungs.
An organ in your body that makes and destroys blood cells, as well as helps your body fight an infection.
When sickled red blood cells become trapped in your spleen, causing it to become large.
Damage to the brain that happens when blood going to the brain has decreased or stopped.
A medicine given to dissolve blood clots in the body.
A measurement of how fast blood is pumped between the top and bottom chambers of the right side of the heart.
An expert in diagnosing and treating diseases of the urinary tract and male reproductive system.
When red blood cells sickle and block the flow of blood. This causes pain.
