UNDERSTANDING THE SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN CHILDREN (PART III)

For now there is no cure for sickle cell disease, except thorough divine healing. There are innumerable testimonies of how sickler children have been healed by God. This article aims at highlighting simple home remedies for managing the sickle cell crises.

The leaves of Telfaria occidentalis or fluted pumpkin are reputed to enhance the formation of healthy red blood cells. For this reason, it is commonly used in preparing simple home remedies for sicklers. Go here and read more articles on health related issues.

To prepare this home remedy, the leaves and vines of this vegetable are crushed or pounded in a mortar. A little quantity of water is added as the leaves are being pounded. After the pounding, it is strained to extract the water from the crushed leaves. This extracted water is mixed with milk or any nutritious drink such as maltina. The mixture is given to the sickler child to drink on regular basis. It may be repeated weekly. The parents would have to watch and make sure the child drinks the mixture. Tell someone about this article. Visit this blog regularly for articles of this kind.

In addition, the leaves of this vegetable are also used as vegetable in cooking soup along with other nourishing ingredients such as fish and meat.

The principle behind this treatment is that since red blood cells are rapidly destroyed in sicklers, there is a need to replace the cells as rapidly as they are destroyed. This preparation serves this purpose very well because this vegetable contains folic acid, which is good for blood formation while milk is a valuable source of vitamin B12, which prevents anemia.

It is known that the crises in sickle cell patients occur when the cells clump together and therefore not able to pass through blood vessels quickly. The child should be allowed to drink plenty of fluid all the time. This helps to keep the red blood cells free and thereby permit free flow of blood through any blood vessel.

Moreover, the child should be given folic acid and vitamin B-complex daily as this help to enhance the formation of healthy red blood cells. The child should never be exposed to extreme weather conditions such as low temperatures or any stressful exercises, which will lead to a high demand for oxygen, and he should be allowed sufficient rest

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