World Sickle Cell Awareness Day!
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World Sickle Cell Day is held every year on June 19 to raise awareness about sickle cell disease. Most of the time, the disease is passed down from parents to children.
What is Sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell disease is a group of diseases that hurt haemoglobin, which is a chemical in red blood cells that carries oxygen to all of the body’s cells.
What is Haemoglobin S?
It is an abnormal form of haemoglobin that makes red blood cells look like a sickle or a half moon.
What is bone marrow?
The mushy, sponge-like tissue that is filled with many blood veins and can be found in the middle of most bones.
Key facts of sickle cell disease!
- In order for the parents to be able to pass the disease on to their children, they must also be sick. Other things that could cause sickle cell anaemia are a virus infection or damage to the bone marrow.
- Symptoms of the condition usually start to show up at 5 months, and they get difficult over time. Some of the most common signs are pain, frequent infections, swelling in the hands and feet, and trouble seeing.
- The condition could be found and diagnosed in a baby during the exam that is done on all newborns.
- If there is a history of sickle cell disease in the family, it might be possible to find out if the mother is at risk of passing it on to the child while the mother is pregnant.
- As per medical experts, the only treatment that has been shown to work is a stem cell or bone marrow transplant.
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Watch a video
The Youtube channel “TED Ed” spreads awareness about this medical condition.
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