In our lifetime, we will see thousands of faces. Facial expressions can give hints about what troubles the heart and what makes it happy. A smile can indicate happiness or despair and a frown often leaves us wondering. Every face is unique and beautiful in its own way.
People with sickle cell disease are some of the faces we see every day. There are children, teenagers and adults battling this disease. But what is sickle cell?
According to Biological Science 1 & 2 (Third Edition), “The major characteristics of the disease are anemia and a tendency of the red blood cells to change shape (sickle) at low oxygen concentration. The sickle cells are useless and have to be broken down. They tend to jam in