Sickle+Cell+Anemia-Description

Sickle Cell anemia is an inherited disorder that cuases chronic anemia and body pain. The effects of sickle cell is a loss of red blood cells. The sickle cell is long and curved than regular cells, like cresents or "sickles." In semptember 1904, Dr. James Herrick examined a man named Walter Clement"s blood and and found the first sign of sickle cells ever known. During the years he studied the disease and published the first medical report on sickle cell. Today, sickle cell anemia is common in people from Africa, South and Central America, and the Caribean. In the United states about 1 in every 500 african american are born with sickle cell. Hispanic americans are also affected at a rate of 1 out of 1,000 to 1,400 born.