Sickle Cell Anemia Jackie Marko Jose Arellano Period 3

Background When: Discovered in 1910 by James Bryan Herrik Where: Chicago, Illinois How: He studied a patient with the symptoms of this unknown disease Named after: the sickle cell is shaped like the farm tool called a sickle. ▫A sickle is used for cutting grain

Someone with Sickle Cell Anemia Symptoms Fatigue, rapid heart rate, yellowing skin Bone, gallbladder, and lung infections Delayed growth and arthritis Life Expectancy In America, a person with Sickle Cell lives to about 40 years of age Who can get it More common in black and middle eastern people

What happens? The genes that are associated with this disease control the production of the protein hemoglobin ▫Hemoglobin brings oxygen from the lungs to places like the liver and muscles The sickle cell cannot hold as much oxygen as a regular cell The sickle cells can easily clump together ▫This can block off veins which leads to destruction of the surrounding tissue

Someone with Sickle Cell Anemia Treatments Supplemental Oxygen Blood Transfusions Bone Marrow transplant ▫Hard to find a donor ▫The process of donating bone marrow is dangerous

How do you get it? It is not developed as you get older Recessive Both parents must have the sickle cell trait ▫There is a 1 in 4 chance that these parents will have a child with sickle cell anemia

Famous People with Sickle Cell Anemia Tiki Barber- Pro Football player for the New York Giants King Tut

Works Cited Information: ▫Yi Bin Chen. “Sickle Cell Anemia.” Pub Med Health. A.D.A.M., Inc., Web. Feb ▫How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease? harvard.edu., Web. Feb Pictures: ▫ ▫ ▫