%0 Journal Article
%T Reasons for Consultation of Sickle Cell Patients at the Center for Mixed Medicine and SS Anemia
%A Paulin Mulowayi
%A Berry Bongenya
%A Ben Bulanda
%A Elvis Kateba
%A Steve Kodondi
%A Christian Vangu
%A Blezz Nkolomoni
%A Erick N. Kamangu
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 9
%N 9
%P 1-7
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2022
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1109132
%X Background: Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by a point mutation. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, approximately 40,000 newborns are born with sickle cell disease. Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the predominant reasons for consultation of sickle cell patients at the Center of Mixed Medicine and SS Anemia (CMMASS) in Kinshasa. Methods: This study was conducted at CMMASS. It is a retrospective study carried out on the files of elderly sickle cell patients who came for consultation in the period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. Any well-kept file of sickle cell patients over the age of 18 with a documented electrophoresis result having consulted during the study period was considered for work. The parameters of interest in this work were the different reasons for consultation. Results: 2463 SS homozygous sickle cell patients had been seen in consultation at the CMMASS. 1350 patients (54.8%) were women; thus giving a sex ratio of 1.21 in favor of women. The most represented age group is that of 18 to 25 years with 1148 patients (46.6%). The most common reasons for consultation in the series were osteoarticular pain (61.75%), fever (24.48%), pallor (12.59%), headache (7.8%), and cough (2.56%). Conclusion: Bone and joint pain was the most dominant reason for consultation among homozygous sickle cell patients at the CMMASS during the period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020.
%K Sickle Cell Patients
%K Consultation
%K CMASS
%K Kinshasa
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6778984