Chapter 19, Problem 1CC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason for the pain in Clare’s body.

Introduction:

Sickle cell disease or SCD is a disease in which the RBCs of the blood are not cup shaped, but are sickle shaped. This disease helped in preventing the malarial parasite from completing its reproductive cycle. This disease is caused by the genetic mutation of the hemoglobin gene that cause deformed RBCs production.