Sickle Cell disease Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disease due to inheritance of mutant haemoglobin genes from both, generally healthy, parents.Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body.Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetically passed down blood disorders. The most common type is known as sickle-cell anaemia (SCA). It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells.
This leads to a rigid, sickle-like shape under certain circumstances.Problems in sickle cell disease typically begin around 5 to 6 months of age. A number of health problems may develop, such as attacks of pain ("sickle-cell crisis"), anemia, bacterial infections, and stroke. Long term pain may develop as people get older. The average life expectancy in the developed world is 40 to 60 years. However, 91 year old Nigerian mother  Alhaja Asiata Onikoyi-Laguda, 91 year old has broken the record as the World's oldest survivor of Sickle Cell Disease.
Mama defied all modern medicine predictions about Sickle Cell Disease even when the life span in Europe and Americas is below 50s.SHe celebrated her 91st birthday today.