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sickle cell orignates when a red blood cell is too large to fit in the blood vessel and the pressure that is against the it causes it to have a crescent shape
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIts when there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body.
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∙ 13y agoThe name comes from the cells, which actually turn into a sickle like shape and deprive the body of oxygen.
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∙ 8y agoIt comes from the shape of the red blood cell. The cell looks like a sickle instead of being round and biconcave.
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What are the symptoms of the sickle cell trait?
Some of the symptoms that come with sickle cell trait can include fever, as well as an acute form of cell degeneration that can happen throughout the body.
Why is sickle cell called a sickle cell?
The shape of the cell is misshapen.
What is sickle cell in white people called?
Sickle Cell....... My son has been diagnosed with sickle cell trait. We are white and the doctors called it Sickle Cell Trait! hope this helps...
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
What is the sickle cell trait of sickle cell anemia?
The sickle cell trait is that you dont have the whole thing you have half of it which is called the trait
Is the fetus at risk of sickle cell if the father has sickle cell?
Yes.
Is sickle cell anemia the same as sickle cell diseases?
yes
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 genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
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.
What groups get sickle cell disease?
A person can only inherit sickle-cell genes if some of their ancestors came from certain regions in Africa where the inhabitants carry sickle-cell genes. A person with one sickle-cell gene has sickle-cell trait, a milder problem. If both father and mother pass on sickle-cell genes, the child, with two genes, will have sickle-cell disease.
Is you kiss do you get sickle cell disease?
No. Sickle Cell is not an infectious disease, but is genetic.
