Sickle cell disease primarily affects ancestral Africans, Mediterraneans, Middle Easterners and Asian Indians. In the Latin American population , especially those of Caribbean, Central American, and South American ancestry, there is also a growing segment.
Sickle cell disease is a type of blood related disorder that affects the red blood cells. Hemoglobin, as we all know, is the key substance in the red blood cells which carries oxygen to the lungs and other parts of the human body.
