Sickle+Cell+Disease+-Jason+Delano

Sickle Cell Anemia Disease **Description: **sickle cell disease is a disorder that effects the red blood cell, which use a protein called hemogoblin to transport oxyen from the lungs to the rest of the body. **Inheritance: **it is the autosomal recessive pattern **Punnett Square: **



**Pedigree Chart: (Type the heading into Word, but insert graphic later) ** **Symptoms: **Sickle cell disease prevents oxygen from going to the spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart and other organs These blood cells don’t live as long **Diagnosis: **Most states do a simple blood test. If you come out negative at birth, your blood could be a sample that can be used in a test called hemoglobin. **Treatment: **Most people take daily doses of penicillin to prevent potentially deadly infections. You could take folic acid which helps build back blood cells **Interesting Facts:(Type heading in word and the ****interesting facts, ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">insert Voki later) ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">the cells can live only 10 to 20 days at a time <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">-mostly effects African Americans <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">sickle cellsupportgroup.org
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sickle cell-ec.org
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">www.Google.com
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