Sickle Cell Anemia: A Curse and a Blessing

Sickle cell anemia: curses and blessings Sickle cell anemia is a disease discovered in the United States, but is lower than some parts of the world. In some parts of Africa, the incidence of this disease is about five times the disease. This is because sickle cell anemia of potentially lethal disease can also be vaccinated as another disease called malaria. First we discuss the mechanism of sickle cell anemia and discuss the possible benefits. Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease.

Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder affecting erythrocytes. Normal red blood cells are round. In people with sickle cell anemia, substances in hemoglobin - erythrocytes - become incomplete, changing the shape of erythrocytes. Defective hemoglobin called hemoglobin S (HgbS) replaces normal hemoglobin called hemoglobin A (HgbA). As time goes on, red blood cells become hard, shaped like crescent shaped satellites and sickles. In the United States, the disease is most common among African Americans (about 1 in 400 African Americans) and Caribbean Hispanics (1 in 1,000 to 1,400 Hispanics). The disease is seen all over the world in the Arab, Greek, Italian, Sardinian, Turkish, Maltese, South Asian breeds.

Sickle cell anemia (sickle cell disease) is a hematological disorder caused by hereditary abnormal hemoglobin (oxygenated protein in erythrocytes). Abnormal hemoglobin causes distorted (sickle) red blood cells. Sickle red blood cells are very fragile and fragile. When the number of erythrocytes declines from rupture (hemolysis), the result is anemia. This condition is called sickle cell anemia. Irregular sickle cells also block blood vessels and cause damage and pain in tissues and organs.