There is a FDA approved drug called Hydroxyurea which helps treat people with SCD. Hydroxyurea has actually expanded the life expectancy of those living with SCD. Children and adults use this medication as treatment. Doctors who specialize in blood disorder such as SCD are called Hematologist. They are very familiar with SCD as well as Sickle Cell Hemoglobin C.
Hydroxyurea has improved many SCD patients lives. Helping reduce their hospital stays, no longer being in the hospital for weeks or even months. Though SCD is common in African Americans , African American males are the most affected. This video does not include that a team of doctors who participated in the multicellular Bone Marrow Transplant, discovered 94% of the children with SCD who received a bone marrow transplant from a matched relative could be cured.
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