Sickle cell is a hereditary disease that that has no cure. The disease cause blood disorders and is the most common form of sickle cell disease. The disease affects the hemoglobin in the red blood cell since the disease cause mutation of hemoglobin (Genetics Home Reference 2012). Thus, an individual with the disease produce both normal and abnormal hemoglobin. The sickly abnormal cells block the blood flow. Hence, as the result of blocked blood flow in the body that the cause inflexibility of red blood cells can raise the risk for infection that are life threatening chronic diseases that can lead to vital organ failure to the individual and severe pain. Thus, an individual who have been diagnosed with the disease are forced to seek treatment to reduce the dangers associated with the diseases for their rest of their life. However, the treatment of the disease is costly to the individuals with the disease and immediate family members since it requires regular treatment to reduce the sickle cells in the body and treatment of other infections in the body associated with the disease. Therefore, the disease has a serious impact on the economy of the country since a lot of money is used for the treatment of a disease that has no cure. This money could have been invested elsewhere e.g. real estate or open business to improve the economy but the money end up in the hospital bills.
Sickle Cell Disease has no cure, and it mostly affect the individuals from the childhood age who have no means to support themselves economically. The disease requires regular checkups and treatment of the life-threatening infections that are associated with the disease. When the complications and symptoms are severe, the person may be forced to undergo a blood transfusion to reduce the dangers of the disease. All this treatment causes a fortune to an individual or an immediate family. The individual or the parents of the child cannot advance economically since a lot of the income is spent on the treatment of a child or a person with the disease. On the other hand, the government imports a lot of drugs and facilities used in the reduction of the symptoms and complications of the disease. This brings a deficit to the country income hence hurts the economy of the country. Furthermore, the individuals with the disease suffer from frequent pain and fatigue hence they cannot engage themselves in hard labor or sports to advance themselves economically. This is a serious problem to individual the family members and the government at large since it impacts the economy negatively. Thus, it requires immediate attention to alleviate the lives of the stakeholders involved economically and socially
Ethical Considerations
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References
Genetics Home Reference. (2012). Sickle cell disease - Genetics Home Reference. Retrieved from http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sickle-cell-disease
Gillie, O. (2004). Sickle cell disease. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library.
NHS (2012). Sickle cell anaemia - NHS Choices. Retrieved from http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Sickle-cell-anaemia/Pages/Introduction.aspx
