Articles
The longer answers.
One question per article, answered properly. Written for Uganda, in plain language, and rechecked every year.
Malaria is more dangerous when you have sickle cell
Why the two conditions collide badly, why trait and disease behave in opposite ways, and why every fever is urgent.
Both of us have the trait. What now?
What the odds actually are for each pregnancy, what your options are, and what to do about the blame that often follows.
Sending a child with sickle cell to school
What to tell the teacher, what the child needs during the day, and what to ask before agreeing to boarding.
Coming next
Written in this order, because this is the order people ask.
- Where to get tested in Uganda, facility by facility, with cost and hours
- Hydroxyurea: what it does, who it suits, what it costs here, and what monitoring it needs
- Pregnancy with sickle cell disease
- What to pack for a hospital admission
- Managing pain at home, and knowing the moment home is no longer enough
- Eating and drinking well on a small budget
- Working with sickle cell, and what to tell an employer
- Explaining sickle cell to a child who has it