Sickle Cell Disease/Anemia
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SICKLE CELL DISEASE
BY ALEX FULLERTON, ZACH SEXTON AND JAMIN BLOUIN
THE CHROMOSOME, HOW IT'S AFFECTED, AND HOW IT'S PASSED DOWN
- The affected chromosome is the eleventh chromosome, sickle cell disease in particular is a disorder in the hemoglobin-beta gene.
NATURE OF THE DISORDER
- Sign/symptoms
- Pain In bones or joints, is sudden in chest.
- Mostly Africans, Greeks, Turks, Italians, Arabians, And Hispanics are Affected by the disease. Also affects 70,000 - 80,000 Americans.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
- For males it is usually to 42 and females to 48. But if males have hemoglobin C they live to 60 and females 68.
