1.Blood flows through the smaller vessels called capillaries. When red blood cells are flowing through they go one at a time. When a person such as Anna Garcia has sickle cell disease the cells are abnormally shaped causing the blood to clot and not flowing like the blood should.
2.Severe pain is caused by the blocking of the blood vessels to your chest, abdomen and joints. When swelling occurs in a person with sickle cell its caused by the blocking of blood flow out of their hands and feet.
3.The lack of blood flow in Anna's body could be the cause of the discoloration in her fingers at the time of the autopsy. The Sickle Cell causes blockages in the body and if Anna's blood vessels blocked the circulation to her fingers that would have caused the discoloration.
4.Sickle cell could have related to Anna's death by clotting an artery and causing a possible stroke or hear attack.