Is the blood dieses, cicle cell anemia a common blood dieses?
Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disease that affects 1 in 12 persons of African decent,carry the “trait”,2 million are carriers,that don’t suffer from the actual disease,70,000 have the disease.Along with other Mediterranean races. When both parents have the gene responsible for the disease, there is 1 in 4 chance that any babies born,will have the disease.There isn’t a cure for Sickle Cell,but Bone Marrow Transplants seem to offer the best chance for a definitive cure. Being under a MD’s care is vital for anyone suffering from this disease. Vitamins and herbs,will not cure this disease.Treatment is symptomatic. These kids suffer from frequent infection of the lungs ,anemia’s,bone marrow failure and strokes and some organ failures like the spleen,all due to the abnormal C shape of the red blood cells,that clot up in these organs and blood vessels. The malformed red blood cells also die,and can be destroyed in the body in only the half the time of normal red cells,the reason fo
