1. Sickle Cell Anemia http://adultstemcellawareness.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/sickle-cell.jpg

2. The protein with the problem is called hemoglobin The gene for that is on the 11. chromosome

4. Dizziness

5. Headaches The most common symptom is SUDDEN PAIN in your body

6. TREATMENT You cannot cure sickle cell, but you can decrease the number of sickle cells in you body. Blood Transfusions - Increasing the number of normal red blood cells in your body. It also prevents strokes. Oral Antibiotics – prevents pneumococcal infection and early death. Hydroxyurea– First effective drug treatment for adults. Reduces the frequency of painful and acute chest syndromes.

7. IMPACT ON LIVING NORMAL Sickle Cells can cause a lot of pain so the people who have it have to go to the hospital often and use a lot of treatment

8. Other interesting facts… 1 in 600 African-Americans have Sickle Cell Anemia 1 in 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-Americans have Sickle Cell Anemia 1 in 12 African-Americans have Sickle Cell Trait http://www.dukehealth.org/repository/dukehealth/2006/11/30/09/04/45/3713/Sickle-chart.gif

9. USEFUL WEBSITES: Organization for People with Sickle Cell: http://www.sicklecellsociety.org/ http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_SignsAndSymptoms.html http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/sca.shtml American Sickle Cell Anemia Association http://www.ascaa.org/