4/20/15
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Sickle Cell Anemia is such a complex blood disease, it hard to treat due to what affects it can cause. As a person who doesn't have sickle hearing about the disease and getting educated made me want to get involved. Especially because I have family members who have SCD. I know of the complications and problems of it. Besides causing physical pain it cause emotions suffering such as depression.
In fact the term Sickle Cell itself doesn't just mean the sickling of a red blood cell but is an term that include all patients who have the sickle cell mutation plus a second mutation gene called 'beta globin'. Which in this case caused the clinical sickling. Clinical sickling is when the blood cells start to attack each other and turn into a shape of an C.
In 2008 mandatory screening for SCD in newborns is enforced in all 50 states including District of Columbia. hey can now diagnose people who are pregnant 10 weeks into their pregnancy if their child has SCD or not. Anyone can be diagnosed with SCD, usually one of the patients parents has the Sickle Cell trait in which the patients inherits. The Sickle Cell trait can be passed on and even skip generations. Sickle Cell Anemia is inherited not caught like virus. People living with SCD can live a normal life as long as they eat right, exercise, and take treatment on time.
Change a life by getting educated on Sickle Cell Anemia, and finding out what you can do tell those who have it. Improve a life by getting involved.
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