Antibiotics and vaccinations may prevent infections. General health visits with a physician are recommended to ensure the patients is getting adequate nutrition, maintaining proper activity levels, and receiving proper vaccinations. In incentive spirometry, the patient breathes into a plastic tube that has a ball inside. By trying to breathe hard enough to force the ball up the tube, the patient receives more oxygen. Using this treatment when chest pains begin may decrease the complications of acute chest syndrome.
Prenatal diagnosis is now possible for couples at risk of producing a child with sickle cell anemia.
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