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Causes -Inherited -Mutation in a blood protien called beta globin -Cells become sickled, stiff and sticky
Prognosis -Disease is chronic -Drugs can only help decrease pain
Sickle Cell Disease A.K.A Sickle Cell Anemia (SS), Sickle-Hemoglobin C Disease (SC) Sickle Beta-Plus Thalassemia and Sickle Beta-Zero Thalassemia
Sickle Cell Disease
Treatments -Only available cure is a bone marrow transplant -Blood transfusions -Narcotics
Symptoms -Tissue that does not receive a normal blood flow eventually becomes damaged -Pain associated with blocked blood vessels -Spleen, lung, and heart damage -Stroke -Anemia Fatigue
