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Margaret [11]
3 years ago
15

Jermaine was hiking in the rocky mountains for the first time and became sick. At the hospital, he was diagnosed with sickle-cel

l disease. Jermaine likely has sickle-cell trait, which is a situation where he has a mild form of sickle-cell disease that is exacerbated by vigorous exercise for high altitude. Sickle-cell trait is characterized b
Biology
1 answer:
Tom [10]3 years ago
8 0

Sickle cell disorder is an inherited blood disease featured by defective hemoglobin. The condition affects the hemoglobin, or the red blood cells, and their tendency to conduct oxygen. The normal hemoglobin cells are round, smooth, and flexible, and thus, they can travel via the vessels in the body effortlessly.  

On the other hand, the sickle cell hemoglobin cells are sticky and stiff and form a sickle, C shape, when they lose their oxygen. These cells combine together, and cannot effortlessly move through the blood vessels.  


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