The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
by Hawken Mill For most of his 39 years, Charles Hough lived with extreme pain caused by sickle cell disease, which dramatically reduced blood flow throughout his body. But thanks to the gene therapy he received in 2017, Hough is now symptom-free. “I feel like I have a new chance...
BY MARY SHANIQUA If someone asked you to tell your life story, what would you say? We all have a story. Some might begin by describing their life from the point of meeting their partner, or from high school, or perhaps following the birth of their child. We remember and retell...
Credited to The Elites + Details of Her Last Moments Alhaja Ashata Onikoyi- Laguda, the world’s oldest person living with sickle cell, is dead. She passed yesterday, Saturday, in Lagos in her sleep. She was aged 94. A source from the Onikoyi royal family confirmed the death of the legendary...
Source: NPR India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — from dull persistent aches to acute flare-ups that interrupt the flow of her normal life. The pain is from sickle cell disease, a group of genetic conditions that affect about 100,000 people in the U.S., many of them of...
Meet the 24 year old sickle cell warrior as she shares her beautiful story. The world don’t get to talk about sickle cell but they do in the case of cancer,HIV and the likes but I have lived with this disease for 24 years. I’ve been stigmatized, discriminated ,I have...
“Red Cell Exchange”. A Red Blood Cell Exchange a.k.a Exchange Blood Transfusion is a non-surgical therapy that is highly effective in the treatment and management of sickle cell anemia. The process involves taking out the sickle blood from a patient and replacing it with fresh donor blood. The quantity of...
You might wonder what it means to be sickle strong. It is a term thrown around to mean someone who lives with sickle cell yet they are strong and are slaying. Now back to the topic. Living with sickle cell is tough but to be a child living with sickle...
Let’s start with a brief introduction. Tell us about you? Sharon: My name is Sharon Browne-Peter. I’m 23 with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate and Urban Planning. In addition to this, I’ve spent the last 2 years working as a certified digital marketing professional. This year I actually founded my...
In October 2019, key stakeholders including medical & sickle cell experts, governmental and non-governmental organizations from across Africa and the World came together as a collective on one international stage to discuss the burden of sickle cell disease, its impact on African communities and proffer evidence-based solutions and recommendations to...
Leg ulcer is one of the complications of Sickle Cell Disorder, it is an open sore/wound on the lower extremity meaning lower part of the leg. Some warriors have it mildly while some have it severely, some have it on one part of the leg while some have it on...
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