In March 2017 I found out that I was four months pregnant without even knowing it, it all sounded like a dream to me at first I thought the doctor who told me the news was just pulling my legs and I argued it several times till I went for my first scan at that…
Jesse is a bright and intelligent 3 year old and he was born in 2017 at Kings Collage Hospital by CS section due to the number of complications I encountered during my pregnancy period. Since becoming a mother to him it’s one of life’s most hardest and difficult experienced because as a sickle cell patient…
There are several treatments available to help manage sickle cell (HbSS) and prevent or treat its symptoms. Your GP, hospital doctor or specialist nurse will recommend appropriate treatments for you or your child. Their recommendations may include: Antibiotics Penicillin (or erythromycin in the case of allergy) is prescribed to all infants from the age of…
Did You Know? Thanks to early diagnosis and advances in care, the outlook for people with sickle cell disease has improved greatly in the past 50 years. 1 SCD is inherited from both parents; sickle cell trait is inherited from one parent. 2 SCD can affect anyone, although it predominantly affects people from African and…
Haemoglobin is the substance in red blood cells that is responsible for the colour of the cell and for carrying oxygen around the body. People with sickle cell disorder are born with the condition, it is not contagious. It can only be inherited from both parents each having passed on the gene for sickle cell.…