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Sickle Cell Anemia By: Jarrett Devose , Jordan Patten, and Michael Lamb

Sickle Cell Anemia By: Jarrett Devose , Jordan Patten, and Michael Lamb. Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through your family, it causes red blood cells to form in a odd crescent shape. Red blood cells are usually shaped like a frisbee .

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Sickle Cell Anemia By: Jarrett Devose , Jordan Patten, and Michael Lamb

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  1. Sickle Cell AnemiaBy: Jarrett Devose, Jordan Patten, and Michael Lamb

  2. Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through your family, it causes red blood cells to form in a odd crescent shape. Red blood cells are usually shaped like a frisbee.

  3. Different Names Are-Hemoglobin SS Disease-Anemia-Sickle Cell Disease

  4. Symptoms don’t occur until after age 4. Pretty much all patients with Sickle Cell face painful phases, they can last for days. They hurt your backbones and your chest.

  5. Symptoms IncludeAbdominal Pain, Bone Pain, Breathlessness, Postpones growth & puberty, Fatigue, Fever, Jaundice, Paleness, Rapid Heart Rate, Ulcers on the lower legs, Chest Pains, Excessive Thirst, Frequent Urination, Painful and Prolonged Erections

  6. Famous people with Sickle Cell are…Tiki Barber, T-boz, Paul Williams, Prodigy, Georgeanna Tillman, and Miles Davis

  7. 72,000 people in the U.S. have Sickle Cell

  8. Most people in South and Central America Have Sickle Cell.

  9. A sad fact about this disease is that there is no cure. Leaving patients stuck with this awful disease.

  10. Many drugs and lots of medicine are used to treat this disease.

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