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Sickle Cell Anemia Disease **Description: **It affects the blood cells which uses a protein called hemoglobin to move oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. When you don’t have this disease red blood cells are round and flexible so they can move freely through the narrow blood vessels . **Inheritance: **This disease is inherited in a autosomal recessive pattern. A child would not get this unless both parents have it. **Punnett Square: **

**Symptoms: **It blocks oxygen from reaching the spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, and other organs. Without oxygen the cells that make up organs begin to die. People with sickle cell disease do not live as long as regular people. **Diagnosis: **A new born will first be tested with a simple blood test. If you tested and it came out negative at birth, your blood sample can be used in a test called hemoglobin. **Treatment: **When a baby has sickle cell d isease must take a daily dose of penicillin to prevent deadly infections. Adults take folic acid which helps build new red blood cells. **I ****nteresting Facts: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">In the United States, the Sickle Cell disease most commonly affects African Americans. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Unlike normal red blood cells which can live up to 120 days, Sickle Cell blood cells can only live up to 10 to 20 days.
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