Living With Sickle Cell Disease: What Helps

You can live a full, active life when you have sickle cell disease. Making smart choices is important in keeping the condition from flaring into a crisis.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder in which the shape of red blood cells are C-shaped sickles that can get stuck in blood vessels and block them. This blockage is called a pain crisis or sickle crisis.