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Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle Cell Anemia
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5:01 pm
October 19, 2010


jerri

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Sickle cell disease causes red blood cells to form into a crescent shape, like a sickle. The sickle-shaped red blood cells break apart easily, causing anemia. Sickle red blood cells live only 10-20 days instead of the normal 120 days. The damaged sickle red blood cells also clump together and stick to the walls of blood vessels, blocking blood flow. This can cause severe pain and permanent
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3:21 am
April 1, 2011


ChristopherNolan

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Hi,,,

  First of all its good to see that you have shared such an informative post with us. A very precise but very informative post.

Anemia is a disease that occurs when blood does not have enough red blood cells or when the blood does not have enough hemoglobin.Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying pigment found in red blood cells. Anemia can be life-threatening.


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9:43 am
April 15, 2011


ganHeartily

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Post edited 8:08 pm – April 28, 2011 by medicues

Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is the most common

form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a serious disorder in which the body

makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the

red blood cells are shaped like a crescent.

Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like

doughnuts without
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