Pain Crisis
- Most common crisis
- Vaso-occlusion → tissue ischemia → pain
- Pain is typically in the long bones, back, chest, and abdomen
- Precipitated by: hypoxia, infection, dehydration, weather changes, sometimes idiopathic
Treatment of pain crisis: a) Analgesia, usually narcotics (morphine) b) Good hydration c) Check for any infection (e.g., UTI, chest infec. & treat) d) No transfusion e) O2 (if hypoxic)