Services and Treatments
Here at the Inova Adult Sickle Cell Program, our goal is provide comprehensive medical home and help coordinate care to not only pursue disease modifying therapies but also mitigate disease burden on the whole person.
- Same day urgent clinic visits
- Infusion Center appointment for intravenous fluids, pain medications and blood transfusions
- Social work and case management services
- Individualized care plans for the emergency room and hospitalization
- Pain management when appropriate
- Coordination of care with primary care and other subspecialist providers
- Vaccinations, pulmonary function tests and other screening studies
Learn More About Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects more than 100,000 Americans and has debilitating impact on quality of life and longevity. The hallmark of the disease is the polymerization of the partially deoxygenated S hemoglobin leading to cellular aggregation and subsequent cascade of vaso-occlusion and hemolysis. As a result, many patients suffer from acute on chronic diffuse skeletal pain, stroke, avascular necrosis, renal dysfunction, visual impairment, pulmonary dysfunction and other life-threatening complications such as acute chest syndrome.