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Healthflicks 11: Sickle Cell Anemia

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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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    data, statistics, research and articles.
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Healthflicks 11: Sickle Cell Anemia
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