What Is Sickle Cell Disease?

The Washington Post | January 12, 1988| | Copyright

When you cut yourself, red blood flows out of your body. Have you ever wondered what makes blood red?

Your blood is made of four things: plasma, platelets, white cells and red cells. Plasma is a yellow-colored liquid that carries the cells and also contains many important chemicals. Platelets are cells that clump together and form clots to stop the bleeding when you get a cut. White cells fight the many kinds of germs that get into your body. Red cells carry oxygen, an invisible gas in the air you breathe, to every part of your body.

Just one drop of your blood has a huge number of red ...

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