Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Sickle Cell Care
Transitioning from pediatric to adult sickle cell care is a critical process that requires strategic planning and coordination between the patient, their caregivers, and their healthcare providers. It is important because many patients with sickle cell disease experience complications that require life-long management, and the quality of their care can significantly impact their long-term outcomes.
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The Impact Of Sickle Cell Disease On Education And Career Choices
Sickle cell disease (SCD) will play an important role on a person’s education and career choices. Due to the unpredictable nature of the disease and associated complications, SCD can create unique challenges that can affect academic and professional pursuits. Here are some ways SCD can affect education and career choices: 1. Unavailability: Frequent sickle cell
Read MoreGlobal Initiatives In Sickle Cell Disease Awareness and Management
Director General of Unesco (1999-2009) -KOI MATSUURA
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Etiology, Epidemiology and History of Sickle Cell anaemia
Sickle cell anaemia is a part of a group of diseases referred to as sickle cell disease or SCD for short. These are diseases that affect the haemoglobin in the body, the molecule within red blood cells that are responsible for the delivery of oxygen.
Read MoreGene-editing Breakthroughs Changing the Lives of Sickle Cell Patients
It’s widely known that sickle cell anaemia is an incurable genetic disease that stems from an inherited flaw within someone’s genes. The flow causes haemoglobin within the body’s red blood cells to be abnormal, distorting and elongating the shape of the red blood cells as a whole. To combat the disease, most people’s only choices
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