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More About Landyn
Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia SS
Sickle cell anemia is one of a group of inherited disorders known as sickle cell disease. It affects the shape of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body.
Symptoms can include:
Anemia. A shortage of red blood cells. Without enough red blood cells, the body can’t get enough oxygen. This causes fatigue.
Episodes of pain. Periodic episodes of extreme pain, called pain crises, are a major symptom of sickle cell anemia.
Swelling of hands and feet. Sickle-shaped red blood cells block blood circulation in the hands and feet, which can cause them to swell.
Frequent infections. The spleen is important for protecting against infections. Sickle cells can damage the spleen, raising the risk of developing infections.
More About Colton
Diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS)
It is a severe form of epilepsy that typically becomes apparent during infancy or early childhood. Affected children experience several different types of seizures, most commonly atonic, tonic and atypical absence seizures.
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome can be difficult to treat because it is resistant (refractory) to many kinds of antiseizure medications.
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More About Stella
Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, also called Hodgkin disease
It is a type of cancer that develops in the lymph system. Your lymph system is part of your immune system. It helps protect your body from infection and disease. The lymph system is made up of tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells.
Hodgkin lymphoma’s most commonly affect the lymph nodes in your neck or your mediastinum (chest cavity). They may also develop in groups of lymph nodes under your arms, in your groin, your belly (abdomen) or pelvis.
More About Isaac
Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
ALL is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood.
ALL starts with a change to a single stem cell in the bone marrow. This means: A normal stem cell mutates (changes into an ALL cell), and the mutated cell multiplies into many ALL cells.
This damaged cell becomes a leukemic cell and multiplies uncontrollably into billions of cells called leukemic lymphoblasts.
As a result, the number of healthy blood cells (red cells, white cells and platelets) is usually lower than normal.
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