Test Your Knowledge

Individuals with sickle cell anemia have inherited two abnormal "S" hemoglobin genes.	True or False
Sickle cells are rigid, fragile and distorted in shape.	True or False
Sickle cell trait is mild form of sickle cell anemia.	True or False
Sickle cell disease is an abnormality of the coloring material (hemoglobin) of the red cells.	True or False
Sickle cell trait can turn into sickle cell anemia.	True or False
Sickle hemoglobin is passed on to the child by one or both parents through heredity.	True or False
Sickle cell disease only affects Africans and African-Americans.	True or False
Sickle cell diseases are contagious.	True or False
Infections, overexertion, unusual stress, or high altitudes can start pain crises.	True or False
There is a cure for sickle cell.	True or False

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