Healthy Living: sickling of red blood cells can be produced in those with sickle cell anemia?
sickling of red blood cells can be produced in those with sickle cell anemia?
Yes, exactly.
Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes (one from each parent) that cause their RBCs to change shape. Instead of being flexible and disc-shaped, these cells are more stiff and curved in the shape of the old farm tool known as a sickle — that’s where the disease gets its name. The shape is similar to a crescent moon.
Sickle cell anemia occurs because an abnormal form of hemoglobin (HbS) is produced. HbS molecules tend to clump together, making red blood cells sticky, stiff, and more fragile, and causing them to form into a curved, sickle shape.
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