Sickle Cell Anemia (SCD) is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, the protein found in red blood cells (RBCs) that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. Sickle cell anemia only occurs when a person inherits it from two abnormal genes that makes the RBCS to changes its shape. Instead of the cells being
flexible or shaped like a disc, the cells are more stiffed and curved into a shape of a sickle. In coincidence this was were the name originated from. SCD is the most common genetic disease in the world spending within people of Africa, South or Central America, Caribbean Islands, Mediterranean countries (Turkey, Greece, Italy), India, Asia, and Arabia.