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people with sickle cell disease have no abnormal appearances. the abnormalities are found on the microscopic level when the blood cells are examined.
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What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
How would a slide of sickle cell anemia look like?
sickle cell disease is also a sickle cell anemia is a hereditary problem. It causes type of faulty haemoglobin in red blood cells. Human red blood cells will be circular in shape, so that it can run properly and move flexible in blood vessels but Sickle cell anemia will be in sickle or like crescent moon shape, so that they cant move well in small blood vessels and it blocks the blood vessels. If the blood vessels are blocked it causes low supply of oxygen to body organs and it causes severe pain, infection, jaundice and may also cause strokes. It also leads to death of a person.
How is sickle cell disease?
Sickle Cell Disease could be diagnosed in two ways. One way is that this can cause a number of problems since the blood can't carry oxygen as well in this person compared to an person who doesn't have it. The BEST way is by looking at a blood smear. Some of the Red Blood Cells are misshapen. There don't look like disks, but like a "sickle" blade. They are curved at two ends. They are not flexible and jam in the blood vessels and can't carry much oxygen.
How is sickle cell disease diagnosed?
Sickle Cell Disease could be diagnosed in two ways. One way is that this can cause a number of problems since the blood can't carry oxygen as well in this person compared to an person who doesn't have it. The BEST way is by looking at a blood smear. Some of the Red Blood Cells are misshapen. There don't look like disks, but like a "sickle" blade. They are curved at two ends. They are not flexible and jam in the blood vessels and can't carry much oxygen.
How does disease affect the cell?
Sickle cell disease is a mutation in the gene that codes for hemoglobin, which causes the hemoglobin and the cell to become elongated and look like a sickle rather than its normal disc shape.
What does the blood cell look like?
A White Blood Cell looks like Sperm!
What is the compared shape of a red blood cell to that of a sickle cell?
The red blood cells have a sickle shape, hence the name. They receive this shape from a protein in normal blood cells that is mutated. They carry less blood and block veins and capillaries easily.
Why do sickled red blood cells cuase so many problems?
Its not sickled blood cells that cause problems, it's sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. "Sickle-shaped" means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like doughnuts without holes in the center. They move easily through your blood vessels. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin). This protein carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin called sickle hemoglobin or hemoglobin S.Sickle hemoglobin causes the cells to develop a sickle, or crescent, shape. Sickle cells are stiff and sticky. They tend to block blood flow in the blood vessels of the limbs and organs. Blocked blood flow can cause pain, serious infections, and organ damage.
Would a karyotype reveal the presence of sickle-cell disease?
every state in America know preforms a small blood test to detect sickle cell it wont cost you much, one test is preformed to see if you have sickle cell if the hospital thinks you do they will call you in for another test to confirm dignoses. but don't freak out sickle cell is a rare but serious disease. hope this helped ^_^
A codominant disorder that causes the formation of crescent shaped red blood cells?
Sickle cell disorder is the heterozygous expression of the sickle cell allele acting in conjunction with a normal allele. Some red blood cells will be normal and others will be deformed. Affected red blood cells can look/act in a fairly normal fashion under some circumstances. High altitudes can increase cell deformity for example.
How do white blood cell look like under microscope?
Follow the link bellow to see a white blood cell
What does the inside of a red blood cell look like?
like a lot of water
