Sickle cell anemia is a rare blood disorder passed down in families. Doctors can test for the trait that causes it before, during, or soon after birth. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited blood ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition that impacts red blood cells. It can cause a variety of symptoms, which may include anemia, infections, and blockages in blood vessels. Sickle cell disease ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

DALTON, Ga. — Mat Bonapart said on a scale of one to 10, he gives the pain he’s endured from having sickle cell anemia a 10. “I’ve never experienced childbirth, but I’ve heard it compared to it,” he ...

Nagpur: With the district sickle cell patient load rising to around 2,900, Indira Gandhi Govt Medical College and Hospital's Daga Hospital has made screening for the disease compulsory for all ...