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If you give birth to a sickler, kill the child - Heartbroken man with sickle cell cries out after facing multiple pain crisis. ­ƒÆö­ƒÆö­ƒÆö

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Apr 21, 2022

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A video of a young sickle cell patient crying over severe pains in his body has thrown social media users into a state of mourning.

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According to the video which was first shared by popular Nigerian blogger known as MediaGist, the young man is a sickle cell patient and has been battling multiple pains.

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It appears he cannot take the pains any longer thus why he recorded a video of himself crying and appealing to young men and women with "SSÔÇØ blood groups to avoid procreation as the child will be at the suffering end.

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He added that children born with sickle cell diseases should be killed so they will not go through a pain crisis.

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Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that cause red blood cells to become misshapen and break down. With sickle cell disease, an inherited group of disorders, red blood cells contort into a sickle shape.

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The cells die early, leaving a shortage of healthy red blood cells (sickle cell anaemia) and can block blood flow causing pain (sickle cell crisis). Infections, pain and fatigue are symptoms of sickle cell disease.

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Treatments include medication, blood transfusions and rarely a bone-marrow transplant.

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The disease can be treated but this condition can't be cured. It can last for years or be a life-long. A sickle cell crisis is a painful episode that may begin suddenly in a person who has sickle cell disease. A sickle cell crisis occurs when sickle-shaped red blood cells clump together and block small blood vessels that carry blood to certain organs, muscles, and bones. This causes mild to severe pain.

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