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My Experience With Avascular Necrosis

Since I got diagnosed with avascular necrosis, I've been asked many times what that means. People want to know what avascular necrosis is. In fact, some people living with sickle...

By Abayomi Afolayan

about 13 hours ago

An Interview With Tito (@hersickledjourney)

The Editorial Team at Sickle-Cell.com is highlighting people in the sickle cell community and their journeys in a series of Instagram interviews. We talked to Tito, aka @hersickledjourney, about her...

By Editorial Team

1 day ago

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A Few Methods I Use To Help Me Get To Sleep

Did you know that around 70% of adults with sickle cell disease experience sleep disturbances? Well, I had no idea. I thought struggling to get to sleep was a "me...

By Jenica Leah

5 days ago

My Experience With Avascular Necrosis

Since I got diagnosed with avascular necrosis, I've been asked many times what that means. People want to know what avascular necrosis is. In fact, some people living with sickle...

By Abayomi Afolayan

about 13 hours ago

An Interview With Tito (@hersickledjourney)

By Editorial Team

1 day ago

A Few Methods I Use To Help Me Get To Sleep

Did you know that around 70% of adults with sickle cell disease experience sleep disturbances? Well, I had no idea. I thought struggling to get to sleep was a "me...

By Jenica Leah

5 days ago

My Experience With Avascular Necrosis

Since I got diagnosed with avascular necrosis, I've been asked many times what that means. People want to know what avascular necrosis is. In fact, some people living with sickle...

By Abayomi Afolayan

about 13 hours ago

An Interview With Tito (@hersickledjourney)

By Editorial Team

1 day ago

A Few Methods I Use To Help Me Get To Sleep

Did you know that around 70% of adults with sickle cell disease experience sleep disturbances? Well, I had no idea. I thought struggling to get to sleep was a "me...

By Jenica Leah

5 days ago

Finding Natural Remedies & Diet Changes With Sickle Cell

It is quite rare that we get told of alternative therapies or natural ways of managing sickle cell. All of my life, I have been told that the only way...

By Dialectic Dee

6 days ago

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Fear of Flying

Did you know high altitudes are a trigger for sickling? Basically, the higher you go up the less oxygen there is for you to breathe. The human body is amazing...

By Halimat Olaniyan

7 days ago

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