Sickle Cell Anemia by Shawntrell Belcher https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk en-us 2023-01-11 14:55:53 UTC 2025-11-06 10:56:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Definition belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440949932 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a condition in which the red blood cells in your body are shaped like a sickle (the letter C).SCD may lead to anemia. Anemia happens when you don’t have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to the rest of your body.



]]> 2023-01-11 15:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440949932 Cause belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440950821 SCD is inherited, it’s passed by one from each parent to child through genes

]]> 2023-01-11 15:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440950821 Statistics of how many babies are born with it belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440971027 if you’re black or Hispanic in the United States, SCD is most common among those groups. SCD affects about 1 in 500 black births and about 1 in 36,000 Hispanic births in this country.

]]> 2023-01-11 15:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440971027 characteristics and symptoms of sickle cell anemia , infections belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440977361 The red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons.
Some symptoms are ,
- Breathing problems 
- Extreme tiredness.
- Headache or dizziness.
- Weakness or a hard time moving some parts of your body.
- Yellowish skin color (jaundice)
- Stem Cell Transplant, can cure someone with SCD
 
]]> 2023-01-11 15:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440977361 belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440979064 2023-01-11 15:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440979064 How is it detected? belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440982346 A blood test is how it is detected


]]> 2023-01-11 15:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440982346 When is the birth defect detected? Before birth? After birth? belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440987234 It is detected before birth, 18–20 weeks of pregnancy]]> 2023-01-11 15:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440987234 Is there a treatment/cure for SCD belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440989366 A blood and bone marrow transplant is currently the only cure for some patients who have sickle cell disease]]> 2023-01-11 15:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440989366 What are the long term effects of SCD on the baby belcherraven17 https://padlet.com/belcherraven17/jkty8bfne8iq1hmk/wish/2440994203 Long-term anemia, This may lead to delayed healing and delayed growth and development. Pain crisis, or sickle crisis.


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. (n.d.). Center of Disease Control and Prevent. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/facts.html
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