SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF SICKLE CELL?

• Red Blood Cells turn into a sickle shape which makes it so you have less healthy blood cells and causes blockage
• Some of the symptoms include: Chronic Pain and Infection

HOW DO YOU GET SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?

• If you get a mutation in gene HBB for Chromosome 11
• If both of your parents have Sickle Cell there is a chance of you having one
• African Americans in the United States have a higher chance of getting Sickle Cell

WHAT IS THE CURRENT RESEARCH?

• Back in the 1970’s you only had 14 years to live after getting Sickle Cell
• Now you can have 40 years or more without having to do a bone marrow transplant
• Bone marrow transplants gives the only POTENTIAL cure

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