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Sickle Cell disease affects millions of people

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throughout the world and is particularly common

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among those whose ancestors come from Africa,

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Spanish-speaking countries in the western hemisphere such as

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South America, the Carribean and Central America, Saudi Arabia,

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India and the Mediterranean countries like Turkey, Greece and Italy.

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This disorder affects red-blood cells.

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Instead of the cells being round and flexible so that they could fit

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through the narrow blood vessels, they are crescent shaped.

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This happens as a mutation to chromosome 11.

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Because of the shape, they can easily

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get lodged in blood vessels, which makes them incapable

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of transporting oxygen to organs

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resulting in pain.

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This can damage organs.

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Unlike normal blood cells that live up to 120 days,

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these cells live up to 10-20 days. Sickle Cell is a genetic

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disorder, which means mom and dad passes down to their offspring.

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You can go on to MedlinePlus, type in Sickle Cell Anemia...

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...click on read more and view full article.

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You can scroll down and find other information on latest news,

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diagnosis and treatments, and prevention and screening.

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At CDC.gov, you can type in Sickle Cell Anemia

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go to any site,

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