Bobby is in a sickle cell crisis.Along with his pain medications,he received a medication via inhalation.His mother asks you if you know what the medication was.What is one possibility?

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Anti-sickle cell effects.Both the intranasal solution and the 20-mg inhaled powder capsule of cromolyn given as a single dose were observed to cause a striking decrease in sickle cell percentage in nine African children with severe sickle cell disease.Improvement was seen 24 hours after administration of the single dose.The reduction in sickling is hypothesized to be due to the blocking of calcium-activated potassium channels,which play a major part in water loss and erythrocyte dehydration.

Bobby Is in a Sickle Cell Crisis