sickle cell awareness month

Sickle Cell Awareness
Sickle Cell Awareness
Sickle Cell Awareness
If you didn't know, September is Sickle Cell Awareness month. Sickle cell disease is a condition that affects different races of people around the world, but mainly blacks and African Americans have sickle cell disease. What happens in a person's body that has the disease is that some of their red blood cells become hard, sticky and shaped like a C. When this happens the 'C' shaped cells die early