Shannyasia Bolton
4/29/15
English 4

                                                       Delayed Developmental Stage

     Children who have SCD often struggle with it. They struggle due to their rare blood disorders. A lot of times they go outside to play and come back home feeling tired and sick. But this all could be avoided by learning how to deal with their disease and taking care of their body. They can do this by eating healthy and exercising. Also taking the proper treatment everyday. This being said everyone with SCD is affected differently by it. But children have to be taken care of specially. Sometimes SCD can delay puberty or growing. This happens because of the lack of oxygen the body as well as the joints receive. But just because children have SCD doesn't mean they can't live a normally life or have a childhood.This being said a person can have the Sickle Cell trait and pass it on resulting in their children having Sickle or just the trait. They are simply called Sickle Cell Carriers. A lot of people don't know this but abnormal sickled cells do not only just stick together causing oxygen blockage but they also become hard. SCD is present at birth, they even have technology where SCD can be detected before birth,