MCQ Pathology Answer 9

The Correct Answer is B

• 100 babies with sickle cell disease are born in the UK each year. 6000 people have the disease.
  
• Priapism can occur in any male after 5 years of age, most commonly in sexually active men, and if prolonged can lead to impotence.
  
• Fertility is normal in women, but pregnancy is associated with potential serious medical and obstetric complications.
  
• Stroke occurs in about 7% of patients and can affect any age group from 18 months onwards. It is often precipitated by dehydration and infection.
  
• Gall stones occurs in 70% of adults.
  
• Hypersplenism occurs in infancy and is gradually replaced by a state of hyposplenism as the patient's spleen becomes more damaged eventually leading to a state of "autosplenectomy".

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