Sickle Cell Disease: What to Know
Learn about sickle cell disease and how to help your child or teen live well.
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Look Inside the Body
See what happens with sickle cell disease.
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Learn the Basics
Read all about sickle cell disease.
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Problems That Can Happen
Sometimes kids with sickle cell disease can have problems that need care, like pain, anemia, splenic sequestration, or a stroke.
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Ways to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Treaments can include pain medicines, preventive medicines, transfusions, stem cell transplants, and gene therapy.
As Your Child Grows
Kids and teens have different needs.
Your School-Age Child
A sickle cell disease factsheet for schools
What are 504 plans?
Ways to handle school and illness
Your Teen or Young Adult
How to help with homework
Teaching your teen how to manage their health
Making the move to adult care
Resources for Your Family
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Ways to cope with stress
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Ways to cope with stress
Learn more about sickle cell disease and how it's treated
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Ways to help your child cope with stress