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Sickle Cell Disease: patients recommend testing to curb spread

By Rose Afanwi  Persons living with sickle cell in the North West Region of Cameroon have continued to advise  the population to always carry out their electrophoresis test, which will determine their health status as Carriers or not before engaging in to any relationship or union that may result in child birth.  The call comes as recent statistics from the North West sickle cell Organisation discloses that many more children are born as carriers and the increasing trend may result to higher rate of sicklers in the region if the situation is not managed. Sickle cell disease medics say is an inherited disorder,  that causes the body to make stiff, sickle-shaped red blood cells. The sickle cells can get stuck in the blood vessels,  causing severe and chronic pains, infection and other complications.  Evangeline is an inhabitant of Bamenda.  She is in her Early fifties and has lived as a sickler from birth. She explains that although there were no myths in her cult