The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
Bone Pain Crisis is the most consistent, a characteristic in SCD. The pain results from activation of nociceptive afferent nerve endings in the ischemic bones. The affected bones include the long bones such as femur and humerus, vertebrae, pelvis, ribs, and sternum. An early appearance of bone infarction...
“My Name is Awonaike Lateefat Oluwaseyi, I will be 25 years old in October, living with sickle cell is being an adventure, from school, work, home friends but am grateful to God for the amazing people he has placed in my life even though its not been easy, when I...
There’s a school of thought that believes that passing a bill on sickle cell on compulsory genotype testing before marriage, is key in curbing sickle cell, especially in Africa. Just recently, a bill on genotype testing before marriage was passed was passed in Anambra state, Nigeria. See Video clip confirming...
By News Agency of Nigeria -June 20, 2018 The Sickle Cell Support Network, an NGO, says Nigeria records about 150,000 sickle cell births annually but 75 per cent of this number never get to see their fifth birthday. The President of the group, Dr. Deborah Onokpono, made this known in...
Barrister Enwerem Uju tells her story “My drive in raising awareness for sickle cell disorder is born out of my personal experience. It’s been a very hard battle for me from having people not believing in me. People don’t understand the pain I endure, Sickle cell Disorder comes with a...
Omiunu Precious Idowu Ihinosen, a graduate of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, is a beautiful warrior, she’s a teacher, a writer and loves to read. Born on the 9th of July two decades ago. Her Warrior Status was discovered when she was six months old, like most cases, this affected her...
BY: DELLIA RISMAY June 19th , 2018, marked the first recognized National Sickle Cell Awareness Day in Canada. The country is the first in the world to legally recognize the day. To honor its significance, the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario, also known as SCAGO, invited those affected...
ByTosin Ogunyemi -June 24, 2018 Sickle Cell Nigeria In commemoration of the 2018 World Sickle Cell Day, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria has lauded the Lagos State government for donating N200m for the establishment of a bone marrow transplant unit at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The foundation’s...
By Jackie Gogo -June 23, 2018 Mrs. Stella-Maris Imasuen (left) flanked by Prof. Mrs. Caroline Omoti, presenting selfcare tool kits to sickle cell sufferers The Board Chairman of Edo State Sickle Cell Centre, Prof. (Mrs.) Caroline Omoti, has raised the alarm over a steady increase in the number of sickle...
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by Audrey Mukoro · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified July 17, 2018
Evil exists because good people do nothing. Many times what many “so-called good people” do is react to evil verbally and i.e. talk and do nothing, especially in social media. Sicklers in Nigeria are marginalized, we are suppressed, oppressed and neglected because of our health status. As a warrior and...
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