Google
Trusted Resources: Community Center
Online groups, photo galleries and blogs
Sickle Cell Disease: Data Saves Lives
“One minute I’d be fine, the next minute I’d be in pain. It would just come out of nowhere,” says Tywan Willis. “I would have pain in my lower back, my shoulders, and sometimes in my legs. I can’t describe it. I just know it’s a really bad pain that I get.”
Tywan has sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disease that can run in families and causes abnormal, sickle-shaped red blood cells. Pain is the most common complication of SCD, and the top reason people with SCD go to the emergency room or hospital. Tywan is a regular patient at a new sickle cell clinic within the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Outpatient Center in Los Angeles (LA).
The Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program in California, which is funded through the CDC Foundation, and has been collecting information to monitor the long-term trends in diagnosis, treatment, and access to health care for people with SCD since 2010, provided data that highlighted the strong need for comprehensive care for adults with SCD in LA County.
+myBinderRelated Content
-
Kyle A. SmithKyle Smith is a sickle cell warrior and ...
-
Angela MasonAngela Mason is community outreach coord...
-
Sickle Cell Disease Association-St. PetersburgAs a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Si...
-
Sickle Cell & Young Stroke Survivors (SCYSS)Sickle Cell & Young Stroke Survivors...
-
Oxygen’s surprisingly complex journey through your body – Enda Butlerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVU_zANt...
-
Sickle Cell Community-Wide Support & Empowerment Group (Nov)Sickle Cell Community-Wide Support &...
-
Crisis OverCrisis Over is a sickle cell disease blo...
To improve your experience on this site, we use cookies. This includes cookies essential for the basic functioning of our website, cookies for analytics purposes, and cookies enabling us to personalize site content. By clicking on 'Accept' or any content on this site, you agree that cookies can be placed. You may adjust your browser's cookie settings to suit your preferences. More Information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.
