World Sickle Cell Awareness Day: Living With SCD Can Be Emotionally Challenging For Patients, Families - Expert Explains
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), a complex condition that hits individuals physically, and emotionally, can be challenging to not just the patients but also to their families and caregivers. Every year June 19 is observed as Sickle Cell Disease Day with a goal to increase public knowledge and understanding of the disease, and the challenges it brings along.
According to Dr Ashish Dixit, Consultant - Haematology, Haemato Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, SCD is an inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is more common in individuals of African, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Indian descent. This condition can cause severe health complications and significantly impact the quality of life for those affected.
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SCD, he says, is a complex condition that affects individuals physically, emotion...