Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): A Neglected Global Health Burden

Did you know that every two minutes a child is born with sickle cell disease (SCD)? While sickle cell disease affects millions of people around the world, it is often neglected in global health research, advocacy, and funding. What is sickle cell disease and how can it be prevented and treated? To learn more about these questions, watch our latest SciToons’ video!
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[@Rene-uz3eb]

acetylcholine prevents hypoxic damage in general, so might also be useful in scd in that sense. Now that I think about it, that may be why piracetam works for scd, because it increases acetylcholine release and use. Instead of it being a chelator. Because if it were a chelator, you would see hair loss as one possible side effect if used too much, but people use very large doses and none of that.

[@Realitvluvr]

Please update this because people with the sickle cell trait often DO have symptoms.

[@01kaluks24]

Great work

[@SamanthaKay-fr7mr]

This is great, I wish the pronunciation of hydroxyurea was better