Painful swelling of hands and feet. The swelling is caused by sickle-shaped red blood cells blocking blood cells to go to their hands and feets”(sickle cell anemia”)
Episodes of pain. “Periodic episodes of pain, called crises, are a major symptom of sickle cell anemia”(¨sickle cell anemia”). Pain develops when sickle-shaped red blood cells block blood flow through tiny blood vessels to your chest, abdomen and joints. Pain can also happen to your bones”(“sickle cell anemia”)
Frequent infections. Sickle cells can damage an organ that fights infection, making it harder for you to fight the infections. “Doctors commonly give infants and children with sickle cell anemia vaccinations and antibiotics to prevent potentially life-threatening infections, such as pneumonia” (¨Sickle Cell Anemia”)
Delayed growth. Red blood cells provide your body with the oxygen and nutrients you need to grow. Only a few red blood cells can slow growth in infants and children and in teenagers puberty would come a bit late”(“sickle cell anemia”)
Treatments
Some treatments that Mayo Clinics says, that a Bone marrow transplant can give you the possibility that Sickle Cell Anemia would be cured but it is very risky and you can even die. Another think is blood transfusion helps increase the amount of red blood cells helping relieve the anemia. Another thing is pain relievers and that helps when you get pain.