A healthcare professional is teaching a community group about inherited disorders. What pattern of inheritance does the professional describe for sickle cell disease?
A)Inherited X-linked recessive disorder
B)Inherited autosomal recessive disorder
C)Disorder initiated by hypoxemia and acidosis
D)Disorder that is diagnosed equally in men and women

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Sickle cell disease is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder. Sickling is an occasional, intermittent phenomenon that can be triggered or sustained by one or more of these stressors: decreased oxygen tension (PO₂) of the blood (hypoxemia), increased hydrogen ion concentration in the blood (decreased pH), increased plasma osmolality, decreased plasma volume, and low temperature. However, this does not describe the inheritance pattern.

A Healthcare Professional Is Teaching a Community Group About Inherited