write down the symbols to denote the sickle cell anaemia.
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Hb SS- disease.
it is the symbol for sickle cell anaemia.
Sickle cell anemia
Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease that affects red blood cells. Normal red blood cells are round. In people with sickle cell anemia, hemoglobin – a substance in red blood cells – becomes defective and causes the red blood cells to change shape. The faulty hemoglobin is called hemoglobin S (HgbS), and it replaces normal hemoglobin which is called hemoglobin A (HgbA). Over time, the red blood cells become rigid and shaped like crescent moons or sickles.
Symptoms of Sickle cell anemia
●Periods of pain that can last a few hours to a few days.
●Blood clots.
●Swelling in hands and feet.
●Joint pain that resembles arthritis.
●Chronic neuropathic pain (nerve pain).
●Life-threatening infections.
●Anemia (decrease in red blood cells).