The problem is that affects about 72,000 Americans in the United States. is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels, blocking oxygen from reaching organs and tissues. The effects of are bouts of extreme pain, infectious, fever, jaundice, stroke, slow growth, organ, and failure. hurts many people today in fact it hurts about 72,000 Americans. But some doctors are finding cures for this inh ....