St. Jude Patient Za'Mya and Sickle Cell Disease

At St. Jude Za'Mya and her mother found hope to overcome sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia, also known as hemoglobin SS disease, or homozygous sickle cell disease, is a disorder that prevents the normal flow of blood in the body because of its effect on the hemoglobin within red blood cells.

People with sickle cell disease have mostly hemoglobin S (also called sickle hemoglobin) in their red blood cells.
Hemoglobin S can form hard fibers inside the red cells, causing them to reshape into sickle (banana) shape. Abnormally shaped red blood cells cannot move through blood vessels easily and at times are blocked from delivering oxygen to some body tissues.

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