Hematological Disorders

Sickle cell disease is a haematological, genetic disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the NIH, “Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 70,000 to 80,000 Americans’’. The estimates are somewhat similar to that of CDC’s according to which SCD afflicts approximately 100,000 Americans. Sickle cell disease preponderance is more or less equal in both the genders. Interestingly enough, Japan has almost nil prevalence of sickle cell disease. The disease affects 1 in 500 African Americans and 1 in 1,000 to 1,400 Hispanic Americans. Sickle cell disease is a result of a single ge...