Hello All!
This week provides another round up of findings in patient care and research involving Sickle Cell Disease. Particularly interesting was the paper by Hedreville et al.which explores the effect of moderate exercise on autonomic nervous system activity in sickle cell patients. The authors rightly note that physical activity is encouraged for patients of other chronic diseases but its benefits for sickle cell patients are still being defined. In some cases, patients are discouraged from engaging in physical activity, seeing as there is the risk of it inducing vaso-occlusive events. Research such as this, as well as other research carried out on the subject, for example, French scientists Chirico et al.'s study in Yaounde, Cameroon on the effect of exercise training on oxidative stress, could serve to provide essential links and information which can eventually be incorporated into care plans to give sickle cell disease patients a chance at better quality of life.
This week's selection:
Best Wishes!
The AfroSickleNet Team
