Health and wellbeing resources

You can live a full, active life when you have sickle cell disease. You can take part in most of the same activities as other people. Making smart choices is important in keeping the condition from flaring into a crisis.

You won’t have total control over how SCD affects your body. But you can take steps to manage pain and to reduce your chances of problems. This page is here to help you find out more in-depth info on the different treatments, and also gives best practices and advice on how to manage your pain, sexual health, Covid-19 and travel advice. Please see the side bar and click on the relevant pages