Sickle Cell In Africa
By:Tatyana Anthony
Sickle Cells
You start to lose the red blood cells in your baby after the Mothers have the baby .
Support
Sickle Cells awareness is every where and we need to start to support it because it may cause a lot of problems in your body or in anyone's body
Sickle Cells in the body
The cells start to stay in one place with the Sickle cells staying in one place and they are breaking off into half-pieces and stay their .
Facts about Sickle Cells
1- Their are a lot of people suffering from Sickle Cells aka " Anemia "
0-2
Rare
3-5
Rare
6-13
Rare
14-18
Rare
19-40
Rare
41-60
Rare
60+
Very rare
10 facts about the diease
1- You can get it from a parent or the parent can pass it down to their child
2- you will get tested for Sickle Cells
3-Requires a Medical Diagnosed
4-The cells start to break down in the body
5- The cells start to die early in the body
6- The cells can block the way you get air from or oxygen from .
7- Then you will start to get pain
8- Then they also start to decrease in the shape
9- It can also be Inherited
10- Their is not enough blood cells to carry oxygen in the body
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Is the place in Africa where it is found most commonly at with the high percentage of Africa
Is this region Rich or Poor
This region is poor because they don't have the right equipment for trying to help the people that can get sickle cells
Poverty
Poverty is playing a huge role because they don't have what is take to try and stop the sickle disease that is spreading and it just keeps on spreading
Treatment
Their is no treatment for sickle cells but their is medication that you can take to help you ease the pain like blood transfusion .
Impacting on Africa
Sickle cells are impacting Africa really bad and 1 in 500 Africans have sickle cells and they pass it on to their off springs when they are born . and it had lead to death . and their is 15% people that are being killed in Africa from Sickle Cells
Major or Minor Issue
This is a Major Issue because their are no cure for Sickle Cells But they do cause pains in the body and their Medication that they can take but they can't pay for it
Limit to disease
They can try and get some help from other countries and different leaders