ABOUT SICKLE CELL
Sickle Cell Disease/Anemia is an inherited blood disorder. A condition in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout your body. Normally, your red blood cells are flexible and round, moving easily through your blood vessels. In people with Sickle Cell, the red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels, which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body. There’s no cure Sickle Cell Anemia. But treatments can relieve pain and help prevent problems associated with the disease
Symptoms
Anemia
Pain Crisis
Painful swelling of hands and feet
Frequent infections
Delayed growth
Vision problems
Complications
Stroke
Acute chest syndrome
Pulmonary hypertension
Organ damage
Blindness
Leg ulcers
Gallstones Priapism