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.…