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Alternate Name(s): Anemia - sickle cell; Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS); Sickle cell disease ... Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the red blood cells, normally disc-shaped, become crescent shaped. As a result, they function abnormally and cause small blood clots. These clots give rise to recurrent painful episodes called ...
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Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. The cells are shaped like a crescent or sickle. They don't last as long as normal, round red blood cells, which leads to anemia.
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Watch Giovanna Poli talk about herself and Sickle Cell Disease on Youtube; "President Obama greets SCDAA 2008 National Poster Child"; As part of SCDAA’s continued goal of advocating on behalf of those with Sickle Cell Disease, we have a champion in the White House.
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www.sicklecelldisease.org/
www.sicklecelldisease.org/
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Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease. ... Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is a serious disease in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the red blood cells are shaped like a "C."
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www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_WhatIs.html
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Sickle-cell disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sickle-cell disease , or sickle-cell anaemia (or drepanocytosis ), is a life-long blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases ...
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Someone who has the disease has inherited a sickle cell gene from each parent (hemoglobin SS disease, also called sickle cell anemia). ... In the United States, hemoglobin SS disease (sickle cell anemia) affects mostly African Americans.
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What is Sickle Cell Anemia? ... Sickle Cell cannot be "caught" by touching someone who has it. It can only be inherited from your parents. If you have Sickle Cell Anemia, you are born with it. It will not go away. ... The symptoms include: family history of sickle cell anemia, fatigue, breathlessness, rapid heart rate,
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www.mamashealth.com/sickle_cell.asp
www.mamashealth.com/sickle_cell.asp
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Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin (pronounced: hee-muh-glow-bin), the protein found in red blood cells (RBCs) that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abn...
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