Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle Cell anemia is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Normal red blood cells are round like doughnuts, and move through tubes in the body to deliver oxygen. Sickle red blood cells become hard, sticky and shaped like sickles used to cut wheat. When these hard and pointed red cells go through the tubes, they clog the flow of blood and break apart. This can cause pain, damage and a low blood count, or anemia.
A baby will have sickle cell anemia if both the mother and the father are carriers of the gene for sickle cell anemia. …