World Sickle Cell Awareness Day! (partially off topic but not really)

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OH MY GOSH!!!

So, I’ve been chosen by my local hospital to make a game using MakeCode for Sickle Cell Awareness Day!!! I’m SOSOSOSOSOSO excited, because this will help kids with Sickle Cell (like me) have a better understanding of how to keep yourself healthy, and how to stop crises!

I’m actually going to be making a game for a Hospital… I’m kind of nervous, but really excited at the same time!!!

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WOW thats a huge acheivement!! I know you will do AMAZING!!!
We definately need more sickle cell awareness too

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Thanks!!! :smiling_face:

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What’s a sickle cell?

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Oh my goodness!

Sickle cell disease is the name for a group of inherited health conditions that affect the red blood cells. The most serious type is called sickle cell anaemia.

Sickle cell disease is particularly common in people with an African or Caribbean family background.

People with sickle cell disease produce unusually shaped red blood cells that can cause problems because they do not live as long as healthy blood cells and can block blood vessels.

Sickle cell disease is a serious and lifelong health condition, although treatment can help manage many of the symptoms.

Symptoms of sickle cell disease

People born with sickle cell disease tend to have problems from early childhood, although some children have few symptoms and lead normal lives most of the time.

The main symptoms of sickle cell disease are:

  • painful episodes called sickle cell crises, which can be very severe and last for days or weeks
  • an increased risk of serious infections
  • anaemia (where red blood cells cannot carry enough oxygen around the body), which can cause tiredness and shortness of breath

Some people also experience other problems, such as delayed growth, strokes and lung problems.

Find out more about the symptoms of sickle cell disease

Causes of sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease is caused by a gene that affects how red blood cells develop.

If both parents have the gene, there’s a 1 in 4 chance of each child they have being born with sickle cell disease.

The child’s parents often will not have sickle cell disease themselves and they’re only carriers of the sickle cell trait.

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Yeah, I remember most of this from the genetics unit back in bio. Sickle cell is more common in africans because it protects against malaria, but does not show symptoms in carriers, leading to a higher chance of carriers surviving and passing on the disease :frowning:

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yo that sounds cool

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see, this is exactly why I don’t plan on becoming a doctor, too much stuff to memorize

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maybe a FNAF style without the enemies?
like Gridlock panic from the traffic jam?
Where you have to operate the human body.

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What???

looks back at post

Hey… I remember this… :smiling_face_with_tear:
This is when I made that game for Sickle Cell Awareness Day! One of my biggest accomplishments…

Hold up, I didn’t send the finished version!

Please note that I was THOROUGHLY inexperienced, and that this was made for little kids. With that being said, enjoy!

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