SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, HBS DISEASE,SCD,HEMOGLOBINS DISEASE

The autosomal chromosome is being effected. Inherited abnormal hemoglobin.

A hemoglobin is a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood vessels. Chromosome 11 is effected with sickle cell anemia.

Chromosome 11 is a mutated version of the gene that helps make a hemoglobin.

Symptoms include episodes of pain, painful swelling of hands and feet, frequent infections, delayed growth, vision problems.

Signs, unexplained episodes of severe pain,swelling in hands and feet, abdominal swelling, fever, pale skin or nail beds, yellow tint, signs of symptoms of stroke.

Can block blood vessels and restrict blood flow can lead to organ and nerve damage maybe even stroke

It mostly effects African Americans and hispanic Americans. Least likely to get it 60 or older, more likely to get it 59 or younger. Life expectancy is 42 years for male 48 years for females.

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You are diagnosed with the disorder by taking a blood test hemoglobin S.

Antibiotics, Pain relieving medication, Hydroxyurea which is chemotherapy

Bone marrow transplant also known as stem cell transplant offers the only potential cure for sickle cell anemia

Finding a doctor and donor is difficult,and the procedures has serious risks associated with it,including death

Bone marrow transplant involves replacing bone marrow affected by sickle cell anemia

SOURCES

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sickle-cell-anemia/symptoms-c...
• https://www.genome.gov/10001219/learning-about-sickle-cell-disease/
• http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38489954/ns/health-health_care/t/sickle-cell-pati...
• https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/treatment-type...
• https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/conditions/sickle-cell-disease#synonyms