Sickle-Cell Disease
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Sickle - Cell Disease is a genetically inherited disease that causes the blood flow to clog.
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Red blood cells are supposed to resemble a shape of a doughnut.
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Unlike a sickle cell, which is shaped like a sickle.
The effects of Sickle - Cell Disease include: Pain, low blood count, and anemia.
Sickle-Cell Disease is most common in African Americans.
About 70,000 - 80,000 Americans inherit
Sickle - Cell Disease every year.
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