Sickle Cell Anemia
... What is sickle cell anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease that affects red blood cells. Normal red blood cells are round. In people with sickle cell anemia, hemoglobin – a substance in red blo...

Sickle Cell Disease
... What is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease is a genetic (passed from parent to child) disorder that affects the body’s blood cells. In this disease, faulty hemoglobin (a substance that carries o...

Sickle Cell Anemia
... Sickle cell anemia affects the red blood cells. Normal red blood cells are smooth and round like doughnuts. They move easily through blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. In sickle c...

High Blood Pressure in the Lungs a Major Risk for Death in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
... A new study reveals that nearly one third of adults with sickle cell disease develop high blood pressure in their lungs and that the condition, known as pulmonary hypertension, causes a much higher de...

Hydroxyurea Therapy Improves Survival in Most Severely Affected Sickle Cell Patients
... Sickle cell anemia patients who took the drug hydroxyurea over a 9-year period experienced a 40 percent reduction in deaths, according to the first study to evaluate whether the treatment prolongs lif...

Sickle cell anemia
... Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that affects hemoglobin, a protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. The disorder produces abnormal hemoglobin, which c...

Genes and Disease: Anemia, sickle cell
... Sickle cell anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting about 72,000 Americans or 1 in 500 African Americans. SCA is characterized by episodes of pain, chronic h...