Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 1 August 1996 — Page 3

Many African Americans die each year from Sickle Cell... Martin Center University in Indiana is providing Sickle Cell testing at the Black Expo Health and Employment Fair FACT SHEET on Sickle Cell Trait & Anemia • In some individuals the red blood cells can be changed from a round to a sickle shape. • If you are born with this tendency from one parent you have Sickle Cell Trait. • If you are bom with this tendency from both parents you have Sickle Cell Anemia. • A person with Sickle Cell Trait does not have sickle cells in the blood stream and does not have a disease. • A person with Sickle Cell Anemia has sickle cells in the blood stream and has a disease. • Sickle Cell Anemia causes severe pain from time to time. • Sickle Cell Anemia is incurable, at the moment. • Sickle Cell Anemia shortens some individuals’ lives. • Individuals with Sickle Cell Anemia can live satisfying lives. • One of 12 Black Americans has Sickle Cell Trait. • One of 500 Black Americans has Sickle Cell Anemia. • If both parents have Sickle Cell Trait, each time a child is born there is a 25% chance the child will have Sickle Cell Anemia. • Sickle Cell Anemia is diagnosed during childhood. If you are an adult, do not worry about whether you have unrecognized Sickle Cell Anemia. • Since you do not get sick from having Sickle Cell Trait, you will not know whether you have it unless you take a special blood test. • All Black persons in the child-bearing age should take the blood test to find out whether they have Sickle Cell Trait. By CHARLES F. WHITTEN, M.D. Wayne State University School of Medicine

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