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Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease. James Everett, LaCasha Gordon, Richard Lucas, Eboni Taylor. What is Sickle Cell Disease?. An Inherited Group of Red Blood Cell Disorders. Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease, and Sickle beta-thalassemia.

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Sickle Cell Disease

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  1. Sickle Cell Disease James Everett, LaCasha Gordon, Richard Lucas, Eboni Taylor

  2. What is Sickle Cell Disease? • An Inherited Group of Red Blood Cell Disorders. • Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease, and Sickle beta-thalassemia. • Sickle Blood Cells are Hard, Sticky, and Shaped Like Sickles Used to Cut Wheat. • Clog Blood Flow and Break Apart. • Causing pain, damage and low blood count, or anemia.

  3. http://www.dnai.org/text/mediashowcase/index2.html?id=609 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOJkpL7MVw&feature=PlayList&p=7F1534B8C107FDE1&index=2

  4. Symptoms • Pain • Infection • Pneumonia • Gallstones • Problems with the spleen • Leg Ulcers • Hand/Foot Swelling • Death

  5. What is Sickle Cell Trait? • When a Person Carries One Sickle Gene Inherited From Their Parents and One Normal Gene. • Does Not Cause Sickle Cell Disease, Unless Matched with the Gene From Another Carrier.

  6. Where did This Disease Come From? • Mediterranean • Africa • Turkey • Italy • Greece • Asia • South America • Cuba

  7. How Does This Effect You? • 1 Per 500 African American Births Each Year Has Sickle Cell Anemia. • 1 in 12 People have Sickle Cell Trait (2 Million People). • If You Have The Disease or Trait, and Mate With Someone Who has the Disease or Trait, There is a 25% Chance Your Children Will Have it Too.

  8. There is a Cure • Bone Marrow Transplant • Blood Transfusion

  9. What Can You Do to Help? • Get Tested, it is Important to Know Your Status. • Have Your Mate Tested. • Donate Blood and Bone Marrow.

  10. Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency 1102 E. Market St. Greensboro, NC • American Red Cross Blood Services 1501 Yanceyville St. Greensboro, NC

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