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Sickle Cell Disease
 * Description: **

Sickle Cell disease is instead of normal shaped red blood cells, the affected person has inflexible concave shaped cells (resembling a sickle) that get stuck in small capillaries.


 * Inheritance: **

Sickle cell is a autosomal mutation in the 11th chromosome and when both pass on an infected copy, the baby will be affected. Though if just one bad copy is passed on, the child will be a carrier with no symptoms.


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 * Symptoms: **

Symptoms of Sickle Cell disease are pain in organs and loss of blood cells, the destruction of the spleen often resulting in infections.


 * Diagnosis: **

Sickle Cell disease is usually screened for in all infants. If not a blood test will show it.


 * Treatment: **

Children take a daily dose of penicillin, don’t work to hard and drink lots of water. Blood transfusions are also a treatment as well as bone marrow transplants.

African Americans are the most at risk with 1 out of 500 babies affected. Sickle concave cells can only live 10-20 days. Sickle Cell disease makes affected people resistant to malaria.
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 * Support Groups:**

 Sickle Cell Society Sickle Cell Foundation Support Group inc.
 * Sources: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif;">Learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/sicklecell/index.html


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