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Yes, and no.
No, because when you do have sickle cell anemia, your irregular blood shape interferes with the blood's ability to carry oxygen and pass through narrow openings such as the capillary. People who have sickle cell die relatively early because of the organ damage and lack of oxygen caused by the blood's irregularity.
Yes, because it has been found that people with sickle cell anemia are protected against malaria.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThis is like asking why cancer is important. Sickle cell kills people and before it does it causes great pain in the people who have it. I saw it first hand with a child in my class who had sickle cell.
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∙ 14y agoSickel cell anemia is a dying disease that you are born with. Every victim has a different life expectancy a friend of mine was 27 when she passed from it, but I know people that are in their late 30's that has it, such as TLc singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins.
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∙ 12y agoPeople with sickle cell anemia have a short life expectancy women with it has a life expectancy of 42 and for men is 48 years of old.
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When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
Is sickle cell anemia x-chromosome or non x-chromosome?
Sickle cell anemia is not sex linked.
You have sickle cell anemia what will folic acid do for your sickle cell anemia?
ITS GOOD 4 UR SICKLE CELL! When you have sickle cell, your body looses cells. Folic acid helps to create new cells.
Who gets sickle cell anemia?
Anyone of any race can get sickle cell
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
Is sickle cell anemia recessive or dominant?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease. Carriers have sickle cell trait, which confers resistance to malaria.
Sickle-cell anemia is an example of a point-mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
Is sickle cells disease hereditary?
Sickle cell anemia -yes it is hereditary
When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
Which form of anemia is a genetic disorder?
It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
Is sickle cell anemia genetic or environmental?
Sickle cell anemia is genetic. It is an autosomal recessive disease.
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
When a mutation in the hemoglobin gene causes what disorder?
While technically there are more than one, the main one by far is sickle cell anemia.
