BBC - Calls to treat Sickle Cell better

20/05/2008 00:50

Treatment of sickle cell anaemia is compromised by health workers' lack of knowledge, a report warns.

 

 The first national survey of the disease found seriously ill patients were not offered support from sufficiently experienced staff.

Patients' use of painkillers was not effectively monitored, in some cases leading to in fatal overdoses, it said.

The inherited genetic disease affects the ability of the red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body.

It can cause severe pain and damage to the organs.

Read more at: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7408179.stm

 

 

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