Ghana: Sickle Cell Disease - the Place of Hydroxyurea in Treatment

[Ghanaian Times] I saw this vignette in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). What follows by way of intervention, I believe, is still relevant. An 18-year-old woman with sickle cell anemia has had increasing symptoms, with painful crises and episodes of the acute chest syndrome. She was hospitalized three times in the past year. She was started on hydroxyurea therapy.(Orah S. PlattHydroxyurea for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia.N Engl J Med 2008;358:1362-9).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news