Don’t smoke
Smoking also increases the risk of sickle cell anemia. Furthermore, if you drink alcohol, skip it today to live a better lifestyle.
If you experience priapism, you can relieve the symptoms by doing light exercise and emptying the bladder by urinating and drinking more fluids and taking medicine recommended by your doctor.
If the child attends daycare, school, preschool, speak to the teacher about the disease. Teachers will keep in mind that watch for and how to accommodate the child.
Try to get knowledge, how to palpate and feel your child’s spleen. There is the risk of splenic sequestration crisis. To overcome or manage this situation, the caretakers should learn how to palpate a child’s spleen. They should also try to feel for the spleen daily or more often when the child is ill. However, if the spleen feels larger, they should call the care provider.
Take the medicines as your doctor prescribes. You need to get any medical and lab tests or immunizations that your doctor orders.