💋It is Sickle Cell Awareness Month💄
Fast Facts
▫️Rare-20,000 to 200,000 US cases per year
▫️Can’t be cured, but treatment may help
▫️Requires a medical diagnosis
▫️Lab tests or imaging always required
▫️Chronic: can last for years or be lifelong
👣With sickle cell disease, an inherited group of disorders, red blood cells contort into a sickle shape. 🐾The cells die early, leaving a shortage of healthy red blood cells (sickle cell anemia), and can block blood flow causing pain (sickle cell crisis).🎈
▫️Infections, pain, and fatigue are symptoms.
▫️Treatments include medications, blood transfusions, and rarely a bone-marrow transplant. Be #aware Be #involved Be a #donor #givetoagoodcause
🐾 Learn More: Sickle Cell Disease 🐾
