The sickle cell test is evaluated in the normal blood test to check the presence of hemoglobin S, to check the hemoglobin level and red blood corpuscles level, and to check the presence of altered hemoglobin gene copies. Sickle cell disease is also referred to as the inherited red blood corpuscles. People with this disease have the abnormal shape of red blood corpuscles. The sickle cell disease can result in blood clots and can also cause shortages of red blood corpuscles. The doctors mandatorily check the sickle cell disease to all the newborns, immediately after birth. Early diagnosis is recommended, because the newborns with sickle cell disease may get affected with dangerous infections within a short period after birth.
The following are the conditions that require sickling test if: You are an immigrant and you have not tested it in your home country You have a symptom of any disease A kid relocating to one state to another and not tested before traveling