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You're adjusting to life with your sweet newborn, and you receive scary news: Your baby has sickle cell disease, a group of inherited red blood cell disorders.

Sickle Cell Disease in newborns: What you need to know

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September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Muyiwa Shoyoye, a man living with the disease, explains what it's like to live with it.

MAN WITH HIS WE'LL COME BACK AT 9:21 A.M. SEPTEMBER SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH AND IT AFFECTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA ALONE AND WE ARE JOINED THIS MORNING BY MUYA SHAOHUA WHO IS LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE OUT OF THE ROOM. GOOD MORNING. >> FIRST OF ALL LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE DOING HEALTHWISE. >> I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. LISTEN, WHEN WILL YOU FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE CELL AND HOW DID IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE? >> I WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WHEN I WAS A BABY PRETTY MUCH. I WAS A VERY SICK CHILD AND GROWING UP IT WAS VERY HARD BECAUSE I HAD TO ADAPT TO MY WORLD WITH SICKLE CELL AND I LEARNED TO GO AROUND LIKE THAT. >> WHAT IS THAT LIKE IN TERMS OF ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAVE TO MAKE GROWING UP. >> IT WAS HARD. I HAD TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN LIFE. I COULDN'T DO THINGS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I COULDN'T PLAY C-CORP SPORTS OR GO OUTSIDE AS OFTEN AS MY FRIENDS DID. I COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES. FOR A FAMILY NOW ESPECIALLY, WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IT'S VERY HARD AND VERY DIFFICULT AND WITH GERMS EVOLVING AND EVERYTHING IT IS VERY HARD. >> REMINDERS ABOUT WHAT SICKLE CELL DOES TO THE BODY. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR CELLS BECOME MISSHAPEN AND IT BREAKS DOWN. SOMETIMES IT CAUSES SOMETHING AS MINOR AS FATIGUE, PAIN TO HIS MAJOR STROKE OR AN ANEURYSM. >> DURING THIS TIME COVID-19 AMPLIFIED THE DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE, PARTICULARLY WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS. FOR PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL IT'S A CONCERN FOR YOU, YES? >> YES. A BIG CONCERN. NOT ONLY A CONCERN BUT A BIG TRANSITION BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILY. OUR FAMILY ALSO HAS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP US SAFE BECAUSE OF THE COVID. WE TRIED TO GET OUR FAMILY TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT AND IT'S BEEN VERY ROUGH. >> WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR YOU LIVING WITH THIS CONDITION? >> TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY. IT'S A BIG ISSUE ESPECIALLY, WITH A DAD THAT I AM, WITH THREE KIDS AND TRYING TO MAKE IT AND NOT JUST DURING THIS PANDEMIC BUT YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY, MENTALLY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ILLNESS YOU GO THROUGH EVERY DAY. IT'S VERY HARD FOR MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW. I CANNOT IMAGINE ANY OTHER FAMILY GOING THROUGH SICKLE CELL. >> WE MENTIONED THIS WITH SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH. WHY IS THAT MONTH SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU? >> FOR ME, SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SICKLE CELL. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER IT TO BE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISEASE. BUT I BELIEVE AND IT IS PROVEN THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET SICKLE CELL AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT SICKLE CELL. THERE IS ONLY ONE COMPANY THAT HAS MEDICATION TO TREAT SICKLE CELL. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M USING RIGHT NOW. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN A MONTH LIKE THIS TO PUT AWARENESS OUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE LISTENING WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL, SUCH AS MYSELF. >> AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU MORE PEOPLE WILL BLOWN ABOUT SICKLE

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Sickle Cell Disease in newborns: What you need to know

Man with sickle cell anemia describes disease