Sickle-Cell Disease- a life-long blood disorder where red

blood cells take the shapes of an abnormal, rigid, or sickle shape. When
these weirdly shaped cells are in the blood stream, they clump up and block
the blood flow through the small blood vessels. Life expepectancy with this
disease is shortened also.Red blood cells contain the protein hemoglobin.
This iron-rich protein gives blood its red color and carries oxygen from
the lungs to the rest of the body.

HOW IS IT CAUSED? WHAT ARE THE

It is caused by a SYMPTOMS?The symptoms
mutation in the gene, of it are linked to
which is inherited from anemia that include
the parents through shortness of breath,
meiosis. dizziness, headache,
coldness in the hands
and feet, pale skin,
and chest pain.

THE CELL PROCESS.

Because there is a mutation in
the gene then symptoms from above
start showing. Sickle Cell is
present at birth, but the signs
or symptoms won't start showing
until childhood or at least 4
months of age. The symptoms that
were listed relate to what will
happen when the blood flow in the
body is not sufficient as it
RESOURCES:
should be. People who inherit a
Sickle cell trait is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
sickle cell gene from one parent Sickle-cell_disease
different from sickle
and a normal gene from the other http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/
cell anemia. People who
parent have a condition called dci/Diseases/Sca/
have sickle cell trait SCA_SignsAndSymptoms.html
sickle cell trait. don’t have the disease, http://upload.wikimedia.org/
but they have one of the wikipedia/commons/9/92/
RESOURCE: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ genes that cause it. Sicklecells.jpg
health/dci/Diseases/Sca/ http://www.bu.edu/sicklecell/
SCA_WhatIs.html images/GenMod1.jpg

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