Causes
Sickle Cell disease is a mutation in the gene responsible for producing hemoglobin, leading tot he production of abnormal hemoglobin. Individuals with Sickle Cell disease have red blood cells that become sickle-shaped which causes them to cling together and block blood flow of oxygen to tissues and organs. (Branch, 2024). This leads to a variety of symptoms and complications. It is a disease found mostly in the decent of people with African, Mediterranean Middle Eastern, and Indian descent. Sickle Cell is detrimental disease that affects the organs greatly. The complications and symptoms of it can be life altering and threatening. Symptoms include but are not limited to anemia (constantly feeling cold as the iron in the blood is very low, consistent pain in joints, affected by the weather conditions that may be too extreme, death of bone tissue, high blood pressure, infection, kidney problems, loss of vision and organ damage. (Canadian Pediatric Society. 2015)