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Sickle cell disease This is a disease that affects the red blood cell system, which uses a protein.

**Inheritance: ****recessive pattern it means that a child will not inherit the disease unless the parent passes it down ****unselective copy of one. **

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**Symptoms: ****lack of oxygen **

**Diagnosis: ****Doctors have to take a blood sample from a child and see if he/she is diagnosed with sickle cell disease **

**Treatment: ****Children who have daily diagnose treatment of penicillin to prevent potentially deadly infectio ****ns **

**Interesting ****Facts: ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">The united states, the disease most common affects African American’s ** media type="custom" key="9657230" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Project self care **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sickle cell disease support group **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">sodium bicarbonate **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Pictures: [[image:sickle_cell_diseae.jpg width="69" height="42"]][[image:sickle_cell_anemia.gif width="80" height="134"]][[image:sickles_cell_disease_2.jpg width="160" height="102"]] **