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 …

…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.