Sickle Cell anaemia is a genetic disorder that changes the shape of the red blood cells which blocks the flow of blood to the organs and oxygen to the nearby vessels are blocked of.
Sickle cell is a lifelong disorder. It's is possible for every one to get sickle cell anaemia. Homozygous people get Sickle cell anaemia and Heterozygous people get sickle cell traits. Sickle cell anaemia is caused when a person inherits two genes of sickle cell and Sickle cell trait is caused when a person inherits only one genes of sickle cell. This shows that sickle cell anaemia can also effects the carriers of the disease
Sickle cell anaemia affects the red blood cells and changes their shape. This shapes blocks the flow of blood and the victim which cause pain in some organs and lose of blood.
Sickle cell is present at birth but most children don't show the signs until they are 4 months old. The symptoms of sickle cell anaemia are pain, delayed growth and puberty, stroke, eye problems and multiple organ failures.
Some treatments of Sickle Cell anaemia are preventing stroke, pain, eye damage, and infections. Blood transfusion is also used to increase the number of correct red blood cells in the lungs.
