Sickle-cell Anemia

Description- Sickle-cell anemia is a heredity blood disease. Those who have sickle-cell anemia have red blood cells containing an abnormal type of hemoglobin called Hemoglobin S. A normal person's red blood cells have Hemoglobin A, and are round and soft which makes it easy for them to pass through the small blood vessels. The lifespan of a normal blood cell is approximately 120 days. But those with sickle-cell anemia lack normal hemoglobin, and their lifespan is …showed first 75 words of 1192 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1192 total…will have Sickle Cell Disease. If both parents have Sickle Cell Trait, there is a 25% probability that the child will have Sickle Cell disease. Experimental treatment?- Yes there are many experimental treatments being tested and produced. But yet there isn't a universal result to this problem. Some of the experimental therapies include the following: Erythropoietin, Erythropoietin is a hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates red cell production, Butyrate, Clotrimazole, FluocorTM , and Nitric Oxide.