It affects 1 in 500 African Americans, whose life expectancy average is 45 years. It costs the US approximately $475 million per year in hospitalizations and the worse part is most medical professionals know very little if anything about it. Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disease, which causes severe pain, damage to vital organs, and for some death in childhood or early adulthood. There is currently no cure for Sickle Cell, but we have made progress in the past few years. But we cannot stop there.
Carriers of Sickle Cell often have pain attacks and other medical problems that places them in the hospital often. Many times the carriers themselves have to educate the doctors and nurses about their illness. These same medical professionals, unaware of the seriousness of the illness, send patients home in severe pain. Furthermore because of the effects of the disease a carrier’s quality of life can be gravely diminished.
The youth of IMMEG (pronounced image), are still committed to playing their part to change our communities for the better. Money donated will go to the Sickle Cell fund which will be used in part to help supplement the cost of kids’ registration for the Northern California Sickle Cell summer camp.
Thank you for all that you have done and will do for this event and the Sickle Cell community.
Sincerely,
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