World Sickle Cell Day 2018: Causes, symptoms, treatment of the painful inherited blood disorder | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

World Sickle Cell Day 2018: Causes, symptoms, treatment of the painful inherited blood disorder | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Published: June 19, 2018 12:21:55 pm

World Sickle Cell Day 2018: Causes, symptoms, treatment of the painful inherited blood disorder

Sickle Cell disease is an inherited disorder and if one of the parents has it, the child is susceptible to the disease. Here are the symptoms, causes, precautions, treatments, and all you need to know.

World Sickle Cell Day: Sickle Cell disease is a painful disorder and while there is no cure yet for sickle cell anaemia, certain treatments can help relieve the pain and avoid ailments associated with this disorder. (Source: Getty Images)

A healthy person has spherical red blood cells, but one suffering from Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) will have rigid, sticky and crescent-shaped, sickle-like red blood cells (RBCs).