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Have u heard of Priapism?

Sickle cell disease is the most common cause of ischemic priapism

Priapism is a condition in which a p***s remains erect for hours in the absence of stimulation or after stimulation has ended.

There are three types: ischemic (low-flow), nonischemic (high-flow), and recurrent ischemic (intermittent). Most cases are ischemic. Ischemic priapism is generally painful while nonischemic priapism is not

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TCD
do you know that a child with sickle cell has the tendency of having stroke if not properly cared for? yes, i said STROKE, as in S-T-R-O-K-E as in that type that i thought only happens to adult, as in that type that makes their speech go off, their hands and legs get paralysed and they start drooling.
the first time i heard this, i was shocked, i thought they were joking not until i saw a child with it and i was like OMG! this boy, 6 years, couldnt walk his hands were paralysed (forgive me if i dont use the ryt medical terms) the boy couldnt eat well and his mum had to feed him and even with that half of the food was still coming out of his mouth and i stood there in shock , seriously a 6 years old!!!!!!!
imagine a child going through so much, a child that cant still express his or her feelings yet not to talk of explaining how the pain is, adults go through this thing and it takes them months if not years to recover from stroke thats if they do all the exercise and physiotherapy thingy not to now think of a child, i mean what exercise are you gonna tell a 2 year old to do?

so there is something called transcranial doppler test TCD, this test is done so as to know the tendency of the child having stroke so one can work towards that not happenng, so normally its either the child is standard or at high risk. it means that every sickle cell child has to be cared for specially an carefully