What Is Anemia?
Anemia develops when you don't have enough robust, healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. The blood cells may lack enough hemoglobin, the protein that gives blood its red color. Anemia affects about 7% of the US population and is more common in women of child-bearing age, the elderly, women of color and Hispanic women.

I attended a military school in Calabar, and it was a very hectic,it was a place where they sent all the strong-headed, stubborn (aka coconut head) to, so you could be flogged, punished and taught into shape. There was this senior in yellow house. my immediate senior, she was always sick, always wearing a cardigan and carrying a bottle of water.
I often wondered why her parents had enrolled her in that kind of school,she was always in the sick bay everyday. Because of her health challenges,she was deemed untouchable

They matter.
To you and many others,what they go through might seem insignificant, but they matter and it's time we make it known.

Sickle cell Anaemia, is not ogbanje(evil spirit),it doesn't mean they won't live long, many of them outlive non-sicklers.

It is not ONLY African, it affects other races too. The SCD patients are NOT drug addicts, they simply take PAIN RELIEVERS because of the pain they go through.

Please,do not discriminate them,they go through so much and it is NOT a DISEASE people,it is a carrier state,

What are the types of sickle cell disease?
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. It normally has two alpha chains and two beta chains. The four main types of sickle cell anemia are caused by different mutations in these genes. Hemoglobin SS disease
Hemoglobin SS disease is the most common type of sickle cell disease. It occurs when you inherit copies of the hemoglobin S gene from both parents. This forms hemoglobin known as Hb SS. As the most severe form of SCD,

A Person with Sickle Cell Disease can live a long and high quality Life.
People with SCD can lower their chances of difficulties from the disease and enjoy many normal activities by

Getting regular checkups with their Doctor. Following treatments prescribed by their Doctor

•Do You Know Your Genotype?
Let's start with "What is a genotype?".Trust me,many still confuse it with blood group.
Genotype is the genetic make up of any individual. This is all the information found inside the individuals cell.
So it means every human being has this "Genotype "and there are 4 main types of human genotype ie:
1. Genotype AA
This genotype has the most advantage when it comes to choosing a partner, people with genotype AA can reproduce with any other genotypes without having the fear of producing offspring with the sickle cell disease

What IS Sickle Cell Disease?

The Sickle Cell Disease is a group of inherited conditions that affect the red blood cells by turning them from their normal disc shape (resembling a round plate) to that of a sickle (mirroring the shape of the Disney trademark moon or a boomerang). This altering of shape causes a number of problems which we'll discuss subsequently.
Can also be explained as

Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited condition that affects the red blood cells and various organs if the body.The disease causes occasions of sickling where one