Sickle Cell Anemia
Color enhanced micrograph of the blood of a patient with sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease in which the red blood cells contain abnormal hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying pigment. During deoxygenation, the hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a sickle shape, causing bone ache and organ damage. The fragile sickle cells are easily destroyed in the bloodstream. There is no effective cure, and treatment aims to alleviate the symptoms.
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Keywords: anaemia, anaemic, anemia, anemic, blood, cell, cells, disease, disorder, drepanocytosis, erythrocyte, erythrocytes, pathology, red, sickle, sickle-cell
