There are certain misconceptions about Sickle Cell Disease and people living with Sickle Cell Disease. These misconception should not be mistaken for the myths about SCD. I will try as much as possible to list and eexplain some of them.
1) The Age Misconception.:.
Many people are of the view that when you get to a certain age as a person living with Sickle Cell, you will stop having pain crisis.
Dear readers, this is not true. Most of us that have lived with this disease and are adults, have learned how to manage ourselves and avoid factors that may trigger off crisis. Also we have learned how to endure and maybe ignore the pain that goes through our bodies often. Because of this, people think that at a certain age in a Warriors life he will automatically outgrow crisis.
It is even unfortunate that some of us warriors have erroneously believed this concept of age, that they neglect their health and, am sorry to say, have paid with their life. Sometimes, you hear of a Warrior who has just finished School(University) and s/he is looking for work or already working and the next thing you hear is that s/he just dropped dead.
Please if you are a health care provider, parents, siblings, relations, friends and well wishers of a person living with sickle cell show them love by often asking them about the state of their health in a loving tone. Believe me, some of us often tend to forget that we have health challenges and just carry on as if "nothing dey happen".
1) The Age Misconception.:.
Many people are of the view that when you get to a certain age as a person living with Sickle Cell, you will stop having pain crisis.
Dear readers, this is not true. Most of us that have lived with this disease and are adults, have learned how to manage ourselves and avoid factors that may trigger off crisis. Also we have learned how to endure and maybe ignore the pain that goes through our bodies often. Because of this, people think that at a certain age in a Warriors life he will automatically outgrow crisis.
It is even unfortunate that some of us warriors have erroneously believed this concept of age, that they neglect their health and, am sorry to say, have paid with their life. Sometimes, you hear of a Warrior who has just finished School(University) and s/he is looking for work or already working and the next thing you hear is that s/he just dropped dead.
Please if you are a health care provider, parents, siblings, relations, friends and well wishers of a person living with sickle cell show them love by often asking them about the state of their health in a loving tone. Believe me, some of us often tend to forget that we have health challenges and just carry on as if "nothing dey happen".