Sickle cell disease is a genetic, hereditary disease affecting the red blood cells. It is an abnormality of the hemoglobin present in the red blood cells which in affected subjects is replaced by a hemoglobin called "S" or "sickle cell". This hemoglobin is capable of deforming the red blood cell, giving it a sickle-shaped appearance called "sickle cell". This deformed red blood cell becomes unable to circulate in the small vessels; it slows down the oxygen supply in the body and is rapidly destroyed.
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