NGO Advises On Sickle Cell Management
A sickle-cell NGO has advised sickle-cell patients to keep warm and avoid extreme temperature in the management of sickle-cell during harmattan, as cold and extreme temperatures could worsen health condition and trigger painful event.
Mr Adesina Adetunbosun, Founder of Babajide Olowodola Foundation, a sickle-cell NGO, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
Adetunbosun stated that extreme temperatures such as dry, cold and dusty winds associated with harmattan season affects sickle cell anaemia patients thereby triggering crises in them.