It affects the red blood cells,
causing episodes of'Sickling', which produce episodes of pain and other symptoms.
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Sickle cell haemoglobin(HgbS) and haemoglobin C with Sickling(HgbSC)-the two most common forms-can be identified from there.
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Given that pneumonia and Sickling in the lung can both produce these symptoms,
the patient is treated for both conditions.
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In people heterozygous for HbS(carriers of Sickling haemoglobin), the polymerisation problems are minor
because the normal allele is able to produce half of the haemoglobin.
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In people heterozygous for HgbS(carriers of Sickling haemoglobin), the polymerisation problems are minor,
because the normal allele is able to produce over 50% of the haemoglobin.