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@DASCAFoundation

Dennis Awich Sickle Cell Anaemia Foundation's main aim is to give people living with SCD Sickle Cell Disease a voice. #IAmaWarrior

 Kenya
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Joined April 2013
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Today's #SickleCellChatKE is all about Sickle Cell treatment join in 30 @UgandaWarrior @MarieOjiambo @XickleRBC @cscfkenya @DASCAFoundation
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"@MarieOjiambo: @cscfkenya @UgandaWarrior @bint_mfalme @ssscfoundation Leg ulcers seem to be quite popular, why is that? #SickleCellChatKE"
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo16 Sep 2015
some complications include:pulmonary hypertension, stroke, retinopathy (visual impairment) gall stones. #SickleCellChatKE @10003Warriors
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo16 Sep 2015
Replying to @cscfkenya
@cscfkenya @10003Warriors @UgandaWarrior @bint_mfalme @ssscfoundation Indeed. A very devastating one at that #SickleCellChatKE
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo16 Sep 2015
Replying to @cscfkenya
@cscfkenya @10003Warriors @UgandaWarrior @bint_mfalme @ssscfoundation kids at even 5-12 years of age suffering a stroke @SickleCellChatKE
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what are the complications of Sickle Cell ? Why do they arise? #SickleCellChatKE @UgandaWarrior @MarieOjiambo @bint_mfalme @ssscfoundation
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo11 Sep 2015
Replying to @Silveragoro
@Silveragoro @IAMQueenLEA @10003Warriors @cscfkenya @DASCAFoundation stress acidifies your blood. Remember we talked about alkaline blood?
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo11 Sep 2015
Replying to @Silveragoro
@Silveragoro @IAMQueenLEA @10003Warriors @cscfkenya @DASCAFoundation stress = acidity = sickling or RBCells = crisis #SickleCellChatKE
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo11 Sep 2015
Winter is the scariest trigger for me. Extreme weather @Silveragoro @10003Warriors @DASCAFoundation @bint_mfalme @UgandaWarrior
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo11 Sep 2015
Know what triggers your crisis, how it triggers crisis. If you know, you will do well to avoid it #SickleCellChatKE
Image from Marie Ojiambo (@MarieOjiambo)
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Silver Agoro@Silveragoro11 Sep 2015
car is to fuel as Warrior is to water (Top trigger) #SickleCellChatKE @MarieOjiambo @10003Warriors @DASCAFoundation @SAUganda @SSInitiative
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Marie Ojiambo@MarieOjiambo11 Sep 2015
Time for #SickleCellChatKE. Topic of the day 'Triggers of Sickle cell crisis" @SSInitiative @DASCAFoundation @10003Warriors @SAUganda
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#SickleCellChatKE starts in 5min @SickleCellKCK @SCAsupport @bint_mfalme @UgandaWarrior @Silveragoro @MarieOjiambo @MikeOkinyi @IAMQueenLEA
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Thalassemia is commonly found in Asia and middle east. It is also a genetic blood disorder #SickleCellChatKE
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Sickle Cell Anaemia SS is a lifelong disease that can be managed easily once the patient and doctors ate informed #SickleCellChatKE
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Sickle cell trait is caused when one inherits one normal gene and one sickle cell gene (AS) #SickleCellChatKE
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Sickle Cell is a genetic( inherited) disorder. This means its passed down from parent to child #SickleCellChatKE
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