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Immediately contact the child's family, and if necessary, the health care provider and/or appropriate Sickle Cell Treatment Center if you notice any of these signs and symptoms. Any change from what you feel is normal for the child should be reported to the child's family. The child may require emergency treatment at his/her health care provider's office, sickle cell treatment center, or hospital emergency room.
| SIGNS |
SYMPTOMS |
| FEVER |
101 degrees or above |
| IRRITABILITY |
readily excited to impatience or anger |
| PALLOR |
looks pale in face or tongue |
| BREATHING |
dyspnea
tachypnea
stertorous breathing |
| HEADACHE |
sudden or constant |
| HEARTBEAT |
tachycardia
pounding |
| PAIN IN THESE AREAS |
head chest
joints
abdomen
penis (with prolonged unexpected erection) |
| SWELLING |
hands
feet
joints |
| HEMIPARESIS |
on either side of the body |
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