Hemoglobin E trait is rare. It happens most often among people with a Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, or Laotian background. It can also happen in people of Turkish, Asiatic Indian, Chinese, and Filipino descent. If you inherited the hemoglobin E mutation from just 1 of your parents, you typically won't have any symptoms.
Three types of blood vessels carry blood from your lungs to every cell in your body. 1  Arteries-Arteries have muscular walls that pump oxygen-filled blood away from your heart to the tissues and organs, like the brain, kidneys and liver.2  Arteries get smaller as they get further from your heart.hree types of blood vessels carry blood from your lungs to every cell in your body. 1  Arteries-Arteries have muscular walls that pump oxygen-filled blood away from your heart to the tissues and organs, like the brain, kidneys and liver.
Some of the carbon dioxide in your blood is transferred into the air that is in your lungs. This controls the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your bloodstream. See also the separate leaflet called The Heart and Blood Vessels for more information on how blood is pumped to the lungs and to the rest of your body.