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Sickle Cell Disease, like any other disease, is as devastatingly painful and heart-wrenching as it comes, and why this disease has not had the attention and awareness that it deserves is a major reason for concern. The global impact of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) calls for a worldwide effort to increase communication, education and treatment for sickle cell patients. Education for SCD is necessary and very vital in this society so as to prevent further increase of people living with SCD. Two people with Sickle Cell trait, which causes few if any problems, risk producing an offspring with SCD. There is no cure for this disease, but with every discovery and intervention, sufficient counseling and follow-up care, along with current advances in finding a cure, this disease can be managed and controlled, and patients can lead comparatively normal lives.
A lot of people are confused about what SCD is and how one can get it. - Read More> |