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=Sickle Cell Disease: (S.C.D)=

SYMPTOMS:
-Fatigue -Paleness -Rapid Heart Rate -Shortness of Breath -Yellowing of the Eyes and Skin -Abdominal pain*


 * Only for younger infected with this disease

This could also turn to spleen failure causing -osteomyelitis -cholecystitis -pneumonia -UTI



WHAT IS SICKLE CELL DISEASE?:
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a disorder where blood cells are shaped in a cresent shape which can cause clogging in the arteries causing pain due to the blood stream. SCD could also cause a premature death due to it's symptoms. The worst form of this disease is sickle cell anemia, which the only treatment is bone marrow transplant but has a highly low success rate in the treatment.



Cure:
There is no cure to date but what is boine marrow transplant which works more effectivly with younger patients of Sickle Cell Disease. Antibiotics and surgery could help manage symptoms of this disease but cannot prevent it.

INHERITANCE:
the offspring of the parents who carry sickle cell disease but are not infected have a 25% chance of not having the disease at all, a 25% chance of being infected with the disease and a 50% chance of just like their parents carrying the disease but not infected with it.



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