Sickle cells have deformed and distorted many lives of children around the world but the severe consequence of the disease is reported in Africa. But today we have decided to bring to you how you can detect sickle cell in your babies and or children.
The first sign is painful swelling of the hands and feet of the child. This mainly occurs at age of 5. At above the age of 5, other symptoms of sickle cells like pain in the chest and the long bones sets in and the child becomes anemic and pale with yellowish eyes,
The belly of the child may also become bigger and feel hard at the top due to an enlarged spleen and liver. A child suffering from sickle cells at the age 2- the child’s head begins to show bony bumps at the corner of the skull, a child also gets headache, seizures, weakness of the arms and legs, speech problem and a facial droop or loss of consciousness resulting from impaired blood flow in the brain which may lead to stroke. Other complications include leg, ulcers, bone or joint damage, eye damage and delayed growth among other.
