SICKLE CELL

TRAIT VS ANEMIA
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

People who have People who have the People with There isn’t a set
the trait are AS trait are able to live severe anemia cure for sickle cell
healthy but have lower have many
while people who anemia, but there
iron intake than a
have the disease complications due are treatments for
healthy person without
are SS the mutation (AA) this mutation this disease

Sickle cell itself is a heritable missense mutation (a

mutation that causes 1 amino acid to be swapped with
another amino acid) in our DNA due to our coding system
making an error and not detecting it

People with anemia, however,

produce more sickle-shaped cells due
Healthy blood cells and sickle-
do their system has more incorrectly
shaped blood cells are mixed in
coded codons being produced
both blood systems constantly

TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

It’s a bone marrow

There are iron supplements
that people with anemia and
the blood stem cell in the
trait can take to help them
with low iron. Recently, there
has been this treatment for
people with sickle cell
anemia
transplant which allow However, in places where it’s Either way, this treatment
not possible to receive these
shows prosiming results in
treatments, there are marriage
new bone marrow to finding a way to cure
restrictions for those who have
produce healthy blood
the trait to make sure that a anemia and helping these
cell, and thus saving the
child does not have to suffer people live healthier lives
life of the person with from anemia
anemia

Blood cells are important for us to get oxygen to

every organ in our body. People with sickle cell
anemia struggle with lack of iron to transport oxygen
to their body but with recent discoveries, medicines,
and treatments, These people have a chance to live
and have a brighter and healthier future

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https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/sickle-cell-disease