What are the signs and symptoms of sickle cell anemia?

Sickle Cell Crises: Sickle cell disease can lead to very painful "crises" with severe pain in the bones and joints, in the chest, and in the head. This is caused by changes in the red blood cells, that cause round flexible red cells into stiff, "sickled" cells that cause blockages and blood blood clots. The pain is comes from lack of oxygen to the tissues - like having a heart attack, but in the bones.

Pain: Typically pain, found in kids who are african american. Pain is typically in the abdomen.

Anemia&pain: Anemia and pain crises ,it could be bone crises or vaso-occlusive sickle crisis.,acute chest syndrome,acute abdominal pain,infection ,and aplastic crisis.